This is about more than just two needles and a very, very long thread. Knowledgeable and entertaining, Ebba D. Drolshagen tells an incredible wealth of stories: from the knitting Madonna by painter Master Bertram to the invention of the eight-pointed Norwegian star, from patterns that migrate to guerrilla knitting, from sheep and reindeer wool, from the Norwegian Sweater Curse to the web community called Ravelry. She reports on knitting as a livelihood, as a hobby, as a means of disciplining unruly girls, as a political statement, and of course as a tried-and-tested way to dress warmly. ISBN: 978-3-7017-3645-4