Pre-Order - Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater

This is our September book club pick at Flax & Fiber Yarn Co.

Q & A:

• Early-bird bonus pre-order - The early-bird bonus will close on Friday, July 31. We will order 1 or 2 extra copies as well. If you order by July 31 you'll get 75 extra loyalty points. 
• When will my copy arrive? We have a two week lead time so copies should be in the store by August 10th.
• When is the book club meeting? We are planning book club on the last Thursday of the month: September 24th
• Do I have to purchase the book to come to book club No, you do not have to purchase the book to come to book club! We recognize you may already have a copy or prefer a different format (audio).

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 the ground up: 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.