Download or read book No Idle Hands written by Anne L. Macdonald and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1988 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An historian and lifelong knitter, Anne Macdonald now expertly guides readers on a revealing tour of the history of knitting in America. In No Idle Hands Macdonald considers how the necessity -- and the pleasure -- of knitting has shaped women's lives.