Crazy Aunt Purl's Home is Where the Wine is: 12 Months of Knitting, Cocktails, and Crazy Dates on the Path to Enlightenment
Author(s): Laurie Perry
She's back. And crazier than ever. In her debut narrative, "Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair," blogger extraordinaire Laurie Perry gave people a hilarious yet heartfelt glimpse into her misadventures as a recent divorcee with three cats, a slight wine and Cheetos problem, and scores of unfinished-and-uneven knitting projects. Now, in her second installment, she's done drunk-dialing her ex, and has moved on to make the best out of the "extra odd bits"-both in her knitting projects and in her life, from getting her house in order, or "procrasti-cleaning," to curbing expenses, from "green guilt" and pre-date nausea, to winning the battle of the bulge (think Spanx!). Whether readers are Laurie Perry fans, or die-hard or beginning knitters, they'll find more adventures, eclectic projects, and, of course, more cocktails (and cats) on Laurie's quest to, like most women, find enlightenment, purpose, and balance in a topsy-turvy world. The following knitting recipes are included, with matching wine accompaniments:
- Knitted Holiday Hats: Pumpkin Cap, Santa Hat, Turkey Hat
- Retro Crocheted Toilet Paper and Toilet Lid Cozy
- Personal Massager Cozy
- Retro Faux-Macrame Plant Hanger
- Knitted Date-Night Purse
- Knitted Flower
- Knitted Bracelets (or Anklet)
Chapter titles include:
- On the Brink of Disaster (Or How I Became My Own Art Project)
- On Curbing My Instinct to Adopt Homeless Pets, Men, and Clutter
- On Procrasti-cleaning, of Which I Am the World's Leading Authority
- On Being Environmentally Friendly: If I Go Green Can I Still Shave My Legs?
- On Etiquette: I Think I Propositioned My Doctor, Help.
- On Paralyzing Nausea: My Date with Jimmy Carter
- On Turning Into My Mother, Her Mother, and Probably Your Mother
- On The Treadmill, Out of My Mind
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Health Communications
- : Health Communications
- : November 2009
- : 229mm X 152mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Laurie Perry
- : Paperback
- : 312
- : Popular psychology
- : Includes Four Colour Photos