| Description |
xiii, 205 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
An economist and life-long knitter reveals the hidden power of the purl and stitch mantra - a powerful metaphor for life that empowers, heals and reconnects us to each other and ourselves. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 197). |
| Contents |
Introduction: knitting the patterns of love, politics and economics, pattern of the pussy power hat -- Why do we knit? Pattern of wig hat -- Opening the yarn cage, pattern of World War II service socks -- Knitting for the revolution, pattern of the French Revolution phrygian cap -- Feminism's love-hate relationship with yarn, pattern of a knitted bikini -- Wool is cool, pattern of a Rastafarian hat -- The magic of the knitting networks, pattern of rib stitch poppy -- Knitting in the age of neuroscience, pattern of a knitted brain -- Let's knit together, re-stitching society, pattern of unisex vests -- Epilogue: all you need is love, pattern of a knitted heart. |
| Subject |
Knitting.
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Knitting -- Patterns.
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Knitting. (OCoLC)fst00988140
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| Genre/Form |
Patterns. (OCoLC)fst01424065
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Napoleoni, Loretta. Power of knitting [New York, New York] : A TarcherPerigee Book, [2020] 9780593087206 (DLC) 2020000684 |
| ISBN |
9780593087190 (hardcover) |
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0593087194 (hardcover) |
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