Seller: Adrienne Martini

Offered: Personalized signed copy of Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously by Adrienne Martini, plus a handknitted hat or scarf which the winner and Adrienne will confer on.

Though she is asking what makes knitters knit, the appeal of the book is that it looks beyond knitting, which is just the metaphor for doing whatever it is one challenges oneself to do. Whether your thing is model trains or marathons, cooking or ceramics, Martini documents and illuminates the universality of the expressive process.

Knitters will be thrilled to read SWEATER QUEST, which so honestly and lovingly describes their passion, but non-knitters will find it a witty, insightful and interesting book as well. -- Sarah Rachel Egelman, bookreporter.com

Opening bid: $15

Auction closes at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, December 15th 2011