Peggy Orenstein's lively memoir delightfully recounts "What I Learned about Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater." We learn not only the intricacies of fabric crafts, but how the imagery of spinning is woven into the fabric of modern life in everything from our myths to our metaphors. At its heart, this book is a celebration of the tactile world we live in, a world that has been built on the labor and creativity of women.