pstrongOrenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it's easy to forget she's an important thinker too.--emPeopleemstrongppstrongIn 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. strongppThe 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 emlittleem 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.ppOrenstein 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 th