We would like to thank Merritt Books for organizing this event again this year!

THIS YEAR THE BOOK SIGNING EVENT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

LOCATION IS BUILDING B

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE A SCHEDULE - WE'LL POST IT.

IN THE MEANTIME...........

2011 Authors (in no particular order): Click on a name below or scroll down to see them all!

Anna Hrachovec
Catherine Friend
Clara Parkes
Matthew Van Fleet
Gwen W. Steege
Joan Tapper and Gale Zucker
Will Moses
Margaret Hubert
Lily M. Chin
Lela Nargi
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Susanna Hill
Vicki Stiefel
Bruce Weinstein
Hélène Magnússon 
Ysolda Teague
Teva Durham
Michelle Edwards
Lucine Kasbarian


Anna Hrachovec
Anna Hrachovec, a knitter who lives in Brooklyn. Anna finds inspiration in Japanese character design and illustrators like Dr. Seuss. Her knitted toys have been featured on The Martha Stewart Show, all around the web, and in print. Her first book of knitting patterns, Knitting Mochimochi, was published in 2010. Her second book, Teeny-Tiny Mochimochi, will be released in August 2011. When she’s not designing new toys, Anna creates character-based fiber art, which has been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Tokyo, and Berlin.





Catherine Friend
A former ‘city girl,’ Friend lives on a small farm in southeastern Minnesota, where she and her wife Melissa raise sheep and cattle. She writes adult nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books. The Compassionate Carnivore won the Minnesota Book Award in General Nonfiction. Her memoir, Hit by a Farm, was selected by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as one of the best books of 2006. Her children’s picture book, The Perfect Nest, was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of five best ‘read alouds,’ and was nominated for numerous state reading awards. She was awarded a Loft/McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, and her adult adventure novels have won awards from the Golden Crown Literary Society and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Friend has a M.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Economics and Spanish. She does chores, teaches writing workshops, and speaks at libraries, yarn shops and fiber festivals, professional organizations, and schools. She’s discovered that farm chores and snowshoes make Minnesota winters bearable, and is especially proud she’s learned how to take the wool from her sheeps’ backs and knit it into very cool socks.

Catherine’s latest book (which she’ll be signing at the festival) is: Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep & Enough Wool to Save the Planet.




Clara Parkes
Clara Parkes left her career in San Francisco's booming high-tech industry to pursue her love of knitting. She now lives on the coast of Maine in a farmhouse full of fleece, fiber, and yarn. Best-selling author of The Knitter's Book of Yarn, she is the publisher of the top-ten knitting website knittersreview.com and a frequent contributor to Interweave Knits and Twist Collective.


Matthew Van Fleet
Matthew Van Fleet's innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for almost twenty years. His unique formats invite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites and more.
His books include the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tails and DOG as well as the New York Times bestsellers CAT and Alphabet. His first interactive touch and feel book Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings has sold more than 1.3 million copies.
He lives with his wife, two sons and pug dog in Chappaqua, New York.



Gwen W. Steege
Gwen W. Steege has been an editor at Storey Publishing for more than 20 years and a fiber lover for more than twice that time. She has edited more than two dozen knitting and crochet books, and has contributed designs to several of these. Her passion for fiber includes not only to knitting, but also handspinning, hand-dyeing, and weaving. She cares for a small flock of sheep in northwestern Massachusetts, which will keep her in fleece for many years to come. 







Joan Tapper and Gale Zucker
Craft Activism by Joan Tapper and Gale Zucker:
How many of us have started using eco-friendly bags at the supermarket?  Whether we are aware of it or not, we are engaging in the “craftivism” movement on a daily basis.  Joan and Gale decided to profile socially and politically conscious crafters who have used their passion for handmade to create change, help those in need, or galvanize others.  Featuring seventeen original projects that cover a wide range of craft categories from knitting and crocheting, sewing and embroidery, quilting and mixed media, Joan and Gale also provide tips and a wealth of resources to get you involved and motivate you to action.  Though each artist is distinct in their craft and viewpoint, the projects are grouped by similar themes, including Crafting a Statement (referring to politically charged issues), Recrafting the Past, Crafting for a Cause, Crafting to Recycle, Renew, and Reuse, and lastly Crafting a Community (the ever important way we are using crafts to connect to others around the world).
Some of the artists featured include: Catherine Clark and Katie Metzger, owners of Brooklyn General, Jessica and Casey Forbes, founders of Ravelry.com, Bee Shay, Jenny Hart, Virginia Fleck, Ellen Bloom, Loran Scrugg, and many more!
About the Authors:
JOAN TAPPER was founding editor of National Geographic Traveler and editor of the award-winning Islands magazine. She continues to write features for a variety of national publications and has authored four books. Joan makes her home in Santa Barbara, CA.
GALE ZUCKER is an award-winning location photographer and avid knitter. Her work has appeared in books, advertising, and magazines, including Smithsonian, Newsweek, Yankee, and the New York Times Magazine. Gale makes her home in Connecticut.



Will Moses
Born and raised here, in Eagle Bridge, New York, Will Moses creates paintings that reflect the quiet beauty of this tiny community nestled close to the Vermont border. Will has created a vivid, delightful miniature world, peopled with villagers who have stepped out of the past to charm us with their simple, everyday pastimes. Will continues his work illustrating and writing children's books. Philomel Books/Penguin Books for Young Readers, have now published nine books to date: Silent Night, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, Johnny Appleseed, Mother Goose , Hansel and Gretel, The Night Before Christmas, Will Moses Raining Cats and Dogs and his latest book, Mary & Her little Lamb.Will's work remains in constant demand by both private and corporate collectors alike. A few of the notable collections where his paintings may be found are those of the White House, The Smithsonian Institution, the New York State Museum, the Bob Hope collection, the Herrick collection, the Bennington Museum and the J.M. Smucker Collection.

Lily M. Chin
Power Cables
Lily Chin’s Knitting Tips & Tricks
Lily Chin’s Crotchet Tips & Tricks
Couture Crotchet Workshop
Knit & Crotchet with Beads
Lily M. Chin is an internationally famous knitter and crocheter who has worked in the yarn industry of more than 25 years as a designer, instructor, and author of books on knitting and crochet.  She has created couture crochet for the New York Fashion Week runway collections of designers Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Diane Furstenberg, and Isaac Mizrahi, and her work has been on the backs of celebrities and supermodels from Racquel Welch and Vanna White to Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Saturday, October 15, 10am-12noon
Free Range Knitter
Things I Learned From Knitting- Whether I wanted to or not
Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter
Knitting Rules
Stephanie Anne Pearl-McPhee is a writer, knitter, IBCLC or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pearl-McPhee's grandmother, a professional knitter, taught her to knit when she was four years old. She and her husband, Joseph "Joe" Dunphy, have three daughters, Amanda , Megan , and Samantha . Stephanie and Joe were married on September 30, 2006. Pearl-McPhee has contributed articles and patterns to knitting magazines such as Cast On, Interweave Knits, Knitty, Stranded, and Spin-Off. She also contributed a chapter to the book Knitlit Too. In addition, she has written five books on knitting. One of Pearl-McPhee's best known works is her blog, which also carries the moniker "The Yarn Harlot". In 2004, she founded Tricoteuses sans Frontières , a group dedicated to raising money for the non-profit Médecins Sans Frontières . As of the 6th anniversary of Pearl-McPhee's blog , they have contributed over $1,000,000 CAD to MSF/DWB
Her publications include All Wound Up, Free Range Knitter, Things I Learned From Knitting- Whether I Wanted to or Not, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter, and Knitting Rules

 









Susanna Hill 
Can't Sleep Without Sheep
Susanna Leonard Hill is the author of many books for children. Her first published book was The House That Mack Built, released by Little Simon in 2002. Since then, she has published six more books: Punxsutawney Phyllis (Holiday House, 2005), Taxi! (Little Simon, 2005), No Sword Fighting In The House (Holiday House, 2007), Not Yet, Rose (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009), and Airplane Flight! and Freight Train Trip! (Little Simon, 2009.) Can't Sleep Without Sheep, due out from Walker Books in Fall 2010, is in the process of being illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka, and Jeff Ebbeler is hard at work illustrating Punxsutawney Phyllis and the April Fools, due out from Holiday House in 2011!

Susanna has won awards in several National Writing Contests, including First Place in the 2005 SouthWest Writer's Children's Picture Book Contest for her story Not Yet, Rose, First Place in the 2005 Seven Hills Contest for Writers  (Children's Fiction) for 3 stories, First Place in the 2006 CNW/ FFWA Florida State Writing Competition (Children's Literature Division) for The One-Hour
Bicycle, First Place in the 2007 CNW/ FFWA Florida State Writing Competition  (Children's Literature Division) for The Sisters Club, and First Place in the  2007 Seven Hills Contest for Writers (Children's Fiction) for Gone Fishin'. Her story Rainy Day Parade will appear in an upcoming issue of Highlights Magazine.

Vicki Stiefel
VICKI STIEFEL is a writer, photographer, and passionate knitter. She is a contributor to Wild Fibers magazine and teaches writing at Clark University.  She has published four novels, Body Parts, The Dead Stone, The Bone Man, and The Grief Shop, which won the Daphne du Maurier prize for Best Mainstream Mystery in 2006. Her writing and photography has also appeared in New Woman, The Harvard Post, The Improper Bostonian, and other national and regional publications. Vicki formed her local knitting group called Cindy’s Knitters, as well as the LaidBack Knitters group on Ravelry along with coauthor Lisa Souza.  KnittingNews-twitter handle.

10 SECRETS OF THE LAIDBACK KNITTERS (St Martin’s Griffin/ May 2011) speaks to all levels of knitters who want to enhance and expand their knitting experience in joyful and substantive ways. With humor and insight, authors Vicki Stiefel and Lisa Souza illustrate how to become a laidback knitter--one who enjoys the process as much as the product. Join in and be inspired by the mix of people, patterns, and places in their knitting world; follow the steps they took; and discover the secrets that set them along this path. 10 SECRETS contains a wealth of other valuable and fun information including profiles, websites and other resources the authors can't live without, information on fibers, knitting art, spinning, crochet, and much more!


Bruce Weinstein
Bruce Weinstein is an expert on men’s knitwear, a knitwear designer, and the author of KNITS MEN WANT. A latecomer to knitting, Bruce picked up the needles after a successful career as a chef and food writer with partner of 15 years. They are award-winning and best-selling authors of over twenty cookbooks, including their latest titles; GOAT: Meat Milk Cheese, Real Food Has Curves: How To Get Off Processed Food, Lose Weight, And Love What You Eat and Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them and 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking.
Bruce is the recipient of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Cooking Know-How best book of easy recipes in the world” and is a featured columnist on weightwatchers.com (“Sundays in the Kitchen With Bruce and Mark”)
Bruce is currently working on his next knitting book entitled The Boyfriend Sweater, to be published in the fall of 2012 and The Complete Quick Cook, to be published in November of this year. 
He teaches cooking around the world on Holland America Cruises and holds private knitting classes and workshops around the country and in Litchfield County where he shares 8 acres with his partner and a collie and Dreydl.
Read more about Bruce’s knitting adventures at http://www.knitsmenwant.blgospot.com and his life in the kitchen http://www.realfoodhascurves.com.


Hélène Magnússon
Hélène likes to put a new spin on Icelandic knitting traditions. She enjoys designs with strong ties to Iceland and Icelandic culture, and is excited by traditional designs that have a modern twist. She is the editor of The Icelandic Knitter, the first Icelandic knitting webzine. Her endless interest in the Icelandic knitting tradition, combined with her experience as an Icelandic mountain guide, are the impetus for her unusual knitting and hiking tours. Her tours offer a balance of breath-taking nature, Icelandic culture and knitting workshops.
Hélène is a French native but a true Icelandic knitter. She started to study law and worked for a time as a lawyer in Paris. In 1995, she made a complete change and moved to Iceland where she worked as a hired girl in a farm, a cook and a mountain guide for many years. She graduated from Textile and Fashion Design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2005. Her work has been exhibited numerously both in Iceland and abroad, her knitting patterns are featured in numerous magazines and books and she has written herself a few books. She is probably best known for her research around the traditional Icelandic intarsia that was mostly seen in knitted inserts in sheepskin or fish skin in the past centuries. Hélène moved to Luxembourg in 2007 for a 5 years period because of her husband’s job. Then, the family goes back home, to Iceland.
Books:
2013  Icelandic Lace dresses of Adalbjörg Jónsdóttir, Prjónakerling, Reykjavík
2012  Icelandic handknits: heirlooms designs from Textile Museum in Blonduós (working
  title), Voyageur Press, St. Paul, Minnesota
2010   Retour d’Islande, children book, illustrations by Charline Picard, ABC Melody, Paris
2006   Rósaleppaprjón í nýju ljósi, Salka, Reykjavík (in English under the title Icelandic
                         Color Knitting in Iceland, Salka, Reykjavík, 2007; under the title Icelandic knitting
                         using rose patterns, in the US, Canada and Europe, Search Press Ltd, London, 2008)
2006  Olgaprjón, (Olga’s knits) limited edition, Reykjavik
2005   The secret of good vinaigrette revealed to Icelanders, published in Icelandic,
                          English, French and German, Salka, Reykjavík

Lela Nargi
Lela Nargi is a knitter, an author, and a journalist who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her book Knitting Lessons: Tales from the Knitting Path documented her own adventures in learning to knit. Lela is also the editor of Knitting Memories: Reflections on the Knitter's Life, and Knitting Through It, both published by Voyageur Press

Astounding Knits
101 Spectacular Knitted Creations & Daring Feats
From sweaters so tiny they fit in the end of a pin to a flag so enormous it was knit using utility poles and a backhoe, the stories, stats, and details of the world’s most amazing knits are here in glorious color.  Astounding Knits (April 20, 2011, paperback, $17.99) the first-ever record book for knitters,  includes 101 entries, each featuring a short explanation of how the object was made, the amount of yarn used, the number of people who contributed stitches, the project dimensions, and more. 

Knitting Around the World
A Multistranded History of a Time-Honored Tradition
Delve into the history of your favorite pastime with this detailed, lavishly illustrated, and definitive book.  Knitting Around the World follows the emergence and popularity of knitting around the globe, providing the story behind favorite techniques and styles like Fair Isle, Peruvian Ch’ullas, Swedish Bohus, Norwegian Setesdal, and more.  Trace knitting’s trail, from its purported origins in the Islamic world up through Spain, into Western Europe and beyond, and eventually, across the ocean to our own shores. 

Along with the rich history of the craft, Knitting Around the World includes profiles of historically significant knitters and modern knitters who are reusing traditional techniques today, historical patterns that exemplify knitting styles from around the world, plus more than 250 photographs.  Knitting Around the World is a book every knitter will treasure for years to come.

Margaret Hubert
Margaret Hubert designs for yarn companies and book and magazine publishers including Crochet, Interweave Press, Quick and Easy Crochet, Crochet Fantasy, and Belle Armoire. She teaches at yarn shops, retreats, and national gatherings and rarely misses a national conference in the needle arts field. Among her specialties, she is a master at free-form crochet and knitting. She is the author of 11 other books including five books in Creative Publishing international's Hooked series, Knits for Men, Plus Size Crochet, Knit or Crochet-Have It Your Way, The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet, and The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting.  Her next book from CPi will be Granny Squares to be published in 2012.
 
The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet
Tapestry Tunisian, Bruges Lace, Polish Star are only a few of the specialty crochet methods along with the basic stitches that you will find in The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet (Creative Publishing international/January 2010/$24.99 paperback).  This book is the ultimate reference for all your crochet questions.  Like all our Complete Photo Guides, this book includes step-by-step instructions with over 500 beautiful, full- color photographs.  Beginner and experienced crocheters will find a wide range of crocheting techniques with lots of projects to teach and inspire.

The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting
This book is the ultimate reference for all your knitting questions.  Like all our Complete Photo Guides, this book includes step-by-step instructions with over 400 beautiful, full- color photographs.  Beginner and experienced knitters will find nearly 200 basic and specialty techniques with projects to teach and inspire. 



Ysolda Teague
Ysolda Teague is a young Scottish designer who has published popular knitting patterns in Twist Collective and Knitty, as well as two books in her Whimsical Little Knits series and the new pattern collection and resource Little Red in the City. Her many other patterns are available on her website www.ysolda.com and in yarn stores everywhere. She lives and works in Edinburgh but loves to travel, especially when it means meeting the people who make her patterns.


Teva Durham
Teva Durham is a former editor at Vogue Knitting International, and the author of STC Craft's Loop-d-Loop (2005) and Loop-d-Loop Crochet (2007). Her designs and articles are featured in top knitting and crochet magazines and numerous books, including STC Craft's Reversible Knitting and Weekend Knitting. Her yarn and pattern line, called Loop-d-Loop, is distributed by Tahki Stacy Charles. She lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.





Michelle Edwards
Life long knitter Michelle Edwards is the award winning author/illustrator of over 13 books for children, including CHICKEN MAN winner of National Jewish Book Award. Her illustrations have appeared in several shows of children’s book art including the version of “Monsters and Miracles” at the Skirball Cultural Center. She is a monthly feature writer for the Lion Brand Yarn Company newsletter. A KNITTER’S HOME COMPANION is her first adult book.             
Michelle was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in Troy, New York. She studied at the Bazalel Art Academy in Jerusalem and earned an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa. She lives with her family in Iowa City, Iowa.
More information is available at her website wwww.michelledwards.com/


Lucine Kasbarian
Armenian-American author Lucine Kasbarian has worked as an editor and writer for consumer and trade magazines in NYC and as a publicist for a variety of book publishers and authors. She is the author of The Greedy Sparrow: An Armenian Tale (Marshall Cavendish) and Armenia: A Rugged Land, an Enduring People (Dillon Press/Simon & Schuster) -- both which spotlight sheep -- a staple in Armenia. Lucine and her husband, writer David Boyajian, live in Massachusetts and New Jersey.