It Itches: A Stash of Knitting Cartoons is an affectionate, humorous celebration of every aspect of the craft from buying (and hiding) massive quantities of yarn to wrestling with projects that go seriously awry to prescriptions for alleviating the stress brought on by holiday knitting to wreaking revenge on recipients of handknits who stuff them into the back of the bottom drawer. It Itches is the first of its kind to mix cartoon humor with short essays on knitting.

Franklin Habit is known for his witty writing and his New Yorker-style cartoons about knitting and life. His cartoons address

• The undeniable urge to purchase yarn
• The (mostly) friendly rivalry between knitters
• The expression of love through yarn and needles.
• And more!

The book includes seventy-five cartoons, deftly rendered in pen and ink with watercolor wash, in addition to humorous short essays on various themes of the knitting life.

You’ll find yourself in this fun collection of essays and cartoons. It Itches is also a great gift idea for knitters who speak the same knitting language.

Hardcover, 6 x 6, 112 pages
75 illustrations
ISBN 978-1-59668-093-7
$12.95
Available in October 2008