Mindfulness in Knitting Meditations on Craft & Calm

Mindfulness in Knitting casts fresh light on this famously calming craft and reveals how the simple repetition of plain and purl can nurture wellbeing. Through personal anecdote and mindfulness exercises, this book explores how everyone can experience the joys of making and looks at the numerous benefits of taking up one
of the simplest and most useful of crafts.
 

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Rachael Matthews is an artist and author, with a primary interest in knitting. Born in the Lake District in England, she grew up with an interest in textile traditions and romanticism. The founder of Cast Off Knitting Club for Boys and Girls, she was a pioneer in the new wave of KIP and the author of two books that illustrated the movement, Knitorama and Hookorama. Rachael uses knitting and crochet as sculpture and painting, and knitted garments are illustrations for stories. Rachael runs Prick Your Finger, an ethical yarn shop and textile gallery in East London, which sources fibers and handspins its own yarns.

Zusammenfassung

Mindfulness in Knitting casts fresh light on this famously calming craft and reveals how the simple repetition of plain and purl can nurture wellbeing. Through personal anecdote and mindfulness exercises, this book explores how everyone can experience the joys of making and looks at the numerous benefits of taking up one of the simplest and most useful of crafts.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Rachael Matthews, Matthews Rachael
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2023
• Thema: Ratgeber > Hobby, Haus > Kreatives Gestalten
• EAN: 9780711288218
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-8821-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 144
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 12.9 x 19.8 cm
• Serie: Mindfulness series; Mindfulness in...
• Themen: Maker, Mindfulness, art, Creativity, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Mindfulness & Meditation, SELF-HELP / Meditations, Knitting, Well-Being, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / Knitting, Popular psychology, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation, Colours, Knitting & crochet, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, yarn, knitting;meditations;Yarn;well-being;knitters of the world;Knitting Stitches;creativity;needlecraft;colours;maker;art, needlecraft, knitting stitches, knitters of the world