Knit 2 Together: Patterns and Stories for Serious Knitting Fun - Hardcover

Tracey Ullman has been known for almost 20 years as an award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and producer, well-loved for her eccentric and iconoclastic humour. She is also an avid knitter, and she brings the same free-wheeling spirit to her most recent production, a book she created with knitwear designer and yarn-shop owner Mel Clark. Although she has been knitting since the age of four, Ullman was, she says "helpless to make anything other than long, holey scarves" until she met Clark, who taught her how to follow a pattern and knit for real. Now, the two have collaborated on a knitting book like no other. Passionate and funny, serious and spirited, "Knit 2 Together" features lively lessons for beginners and more than 30 original designs for knitters of all abilities and stripes - everything from a lady's detective hat and house slippers to a saucy apron and a table skirt. Complete with sidebars and over 70 vibrant photographs, the book also relates Ullman's personal stories and reflections on her life in knitting. Elegantly designed, this one-of-a-kind brainchild of two perfectly matched creators - one a master of knitting, the other a master of wit - is sure to delight veteran and novice alike.

Tracey Ullman is best known as a comedian. Her HBO comedy/variety show The Tracey Ullman Show, which she created, wrote, executive produced, and starred in from 1987 to 1990, earned three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. On network television, she played Ally's psychiatrist on Ally McBeal (1998 - 99). Tracey started knitting in England when she was four years old and proceeded to make a number of long holey scarves until she met Mel Clark forty years later. Mel Clark has been knitting since age 8. She is now the owner of the popular yarn shop Wildfiber in California. Prior to opening Wildfiber in 2000, Mel designed handknits for boutiques around the country as well as the LL Bean Catalogue and for Hollywood films, including The Freshman, The Ring, Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles and The Missing. Many of Mel's designs are inspired by her love for New Zealand, where she was born and raised. Photographer Eric Axene specializes in still lifes, portraits and interiors.