Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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penname=The Yarn Harlot
occupation=Writer and Blogger

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (a.k.a. "The Yarn Harlot") (born June 14, 1968) is a writer, knitter, [http://www.iblce.org/ [IBCLC] International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Life

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's grandmother, a professional knitter, taught her to knit when she was four years old. She and her husband, Joe, have three daughters, Amanda, Megan and Samantha [ [http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2004/12/07/100_things.html] "Meme filled out by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and Posted to her blog".] ] . Joe were married on September 30, 2006 [ [http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2006_10.html "Yarn Harlot Blog Entry For October 2, 2006".] Accessed 10 October 2008.] .

Work

Pearl-McPhee has contributed articles and patterns to knitting magazines such as Cast On, Interweave Knits, Knitty, Stranded, and Spin Off. She also contributed a chapter to the book "Knitlit Too". In addition, she has written five books on knitting.

One of Pearl-McPhee's best known works is her [http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/ blog] , which also carries the moniker "The Yarn Harlot". In 2004, she founded Tricoteuses sans Frontières (Knitters without Borders), a group dedicated to raising money for the non-profit Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders). As of December, 2007, they have raised over $434,000 CAD.

In 2006 she started the 2006 Knitting Olympics, a competition for knitters to start and finish one challenging project during the timeframe of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Over 4,000 knitters worldwide participated. The event was also the catalyst for a 2006 Crochet Olympics, which held the same rules but was organized elsewhere.

Pearl-McPhee often makes personal appearances at conventions, book stores and other craft-related events where she shares her view of life and knitting with fellow crafters. Her 2008 tour includes venues across the USA and Canada, including branches of Barnes & Noble and the Borders Group, independent bookshops, knitting shops and fibre festivals. The tour will include her first ever appearance in Europe, at I Knit London's "I Knit Day" in September 2008

Books

*"Knitlit Too" (contributor), 2004 (ISBN 1400051495)
*"At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much", 2005 (ISBN 1580175899)
*"Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter", 2005 (ISBN 0740750372)
*"Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks", 2006 (ISBN 1580178340)
*"Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting", 2007 (ISBN 9781580176583)
*"Things I Learned from Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not)", 2008 (ISBN 9781603420624)

See also

*History of knitting

External links

* [http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/ The Yarn Harlot (blog)]
* [http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/tsffaq.html Tricoteuses sans Frontières (Knitters without Borders)]
* [http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/olympics2006.html 2006 Knitting Olympics Participants]
* [http://www.iknit.org.uk/iknitday.html I Knit Day 2008]