Unraveling: What I Learned about Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Peggy Orenstein
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Summary
"Orenstein is such a breezy， funny writer， it's easy to forget she's an important thinker too。"--People
In this lively， funny memoir， Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing， spinning， dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft。 Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone。
The Covid pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small。 Some adopted puppies。 Others stress-baked。 Peggy Orenstein， a lifelong knitter， went just a little further。 To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life， she set out to make a garment from scratch: learning to shear sheep， spin and dye yarn， then knitting herself a sweater。
Orenstein hoped the project would help her process not just wool but her grief over the recent death of her mother and the decline of her dad， the impending departure of her college-bound daughter， and other thorny issues of aging as a woman in a culture that by turns ignores and disdains them。 What she didn't expect was a journey into some of the major issues of our time: climate anxiety， racial justice， women's rights， the impact of technology， sustainability， and， ultimately， the meaning of home。
With her wry voice， sharp intelligence， and exuberant honesty， Orenstein shares her year-long journey as daughter， wife， mother， writer， and maker--and teaches us all something about creativity and connection。
In this lively， funny memoir， Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing， spinning， dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft。 Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone。
The Covid pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small。 Some adopted puppies。 Others stress-baked。 Peggy Orenstein， a lifelong knitter， went just a little further。 To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life， she set out to make a garment from scratch: learning to shear sheep， spin and dye yarn， then knitting herself a sweater。
Orenstein hoped the project would help her process not just wool but her grief over the recent death of her mother and the decline of her dad， the impending departure of her college-bound daughter， and other thorny issues of aging as a woman in a culture that by turns ignores and disdains them。 What she didn't expect was a journey into some of the major issues of our time: climate anxiety， racial justice， women's rights， the impact of technology， sustainability， and， ultimately， the meaning of home。
With her wry voice， sharp intelligence， and exuberant honesty， Orenstein shares her year-long journey as daughter， wife， mother， writer， and maker--and teaches us all something about creativity and connection。
Reviews
amanda
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Such a SHONDA that Peggy has willfully hurt Aboubakar Fofana with her cultural appropriation and artist appropriation by publishing the indigo dying process that she learned in Aboubakar’s class。 She did not have the consent of the artist to publish his teachings。 Theft is theft， and Peggy has stolen an artists process without his consent and published it in this book for her personal profit。
Jessica
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So this may be one of my favorite books of the year， maybe of all time。 I picked it up because I am also a knitter， and I love reading about when people tackle a huge personal project （like reading the Dictionary， or cooking their way through a whole cookbook， hiking the PCT， etc）， but this book is so much more。 There is the personal project and journey， but there is also the microhistory of fiber and textiles - both generally and through the lens of women， a look at the social issues of our tim So this may be one of my favorite books of the year， maybe of all time。 I picked it up because I am also a knitter， and I love reading about when people tackle a huge personal project （like reading the Dictionary， or cooking their way through a whole cookbook， hiking the PCT， etc）， but this book is so much more。 There is the personal project and journey， but there is also the microhistory of fiber and textiles - both generally and through the lens of women， a look at the social issues of our time （climate change， racial justice， women's rights）， and the very personal contemplations of her own life。 I haven't read anything else by Peggy Orenstein， but after this book I will be。 Her writing and tone hit a sweet spot that made this book feel expansive， but personal。 I connected with this book on many levels， and learned so much both as a lover of fiber but also as a human learning to be a better human。 I truly love this book， and I want to have everyone I know read it so we can talk about it。 。。。more
Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard
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