Unraveling

<p><strong>“Orenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it’s easy to forget she’s an important thinker too.”—<em>People</em></strong></p><p><strong>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.  </strong></p><p>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 <em>little</em> 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.</p><p>Orenstein hoped the project would help her process not just wool but her grief over t