Franklin HabitRecensioni

Very amusing! This would really only be something that a knitter (or someone who loves a knitter) would enjoy as much as I did, though. Yes, some of the cartoons appeal to non-knitters, and the essays can be fun for people who enjoy other past-times with the intensity that knitters have about their craft. However, to fully enjoy this book, one should understand the hobby behind it, know how easily it can turn into an addiction, and have a stash hidden somewhere in the house. (Mine's in the guest bedroom closet. And in boxes under the bed.)

Great cartoons, a little bit of history along the way. An enjoyable read!

A cute book with knitting cartoons and some short essays about knitting. Its cute. Not much else.½

Just the tonic after a hard day at the office.

A mix of of Franklin's delightful cartoons and his very funny prose.

The cartoons were quite clever and funny, but I didn't care much for the so called "essays." Essays should be fact, not imagination. "Fiction" would have been a better description.½

At last, a bit of Franklin Habit to enjoy offline! It Itches gives us some of Franklin's best cartoons and essays from The Panopticon (http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/), plus new ones. Every knitter you know wants this book.

hardback

An affectionate and humorous celebration of every aspect of the craft of knitting, from buying--and hiding--massive quantities of yarn to wrestling with projects that go seriously awry to prescriptions for alleviating the stress brought on by holiday knitting. This witty collection represents a pitch-perfect send up of one of the most rapidly growing hobbies today. Including 75 cartoons, deftly rendered in pen and ink with watercolor wash, and several humorous short essays, every knitter is sure to find elements of themselves in this collection.