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The power of knitting : stitching together our lives in a fractured world
- Title
- The power of knitting : stitching together our lives in a fractured world / Loretta Napoleoni.
- Author
- Napoleoni, Loretta
- Publication
- [New York, New York] : A TarcherPerigee Book, [2020]
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Details
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Patterns.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-1753
- ISBN
- 9780593087190
- 0593087194
- LCCN
- 2020000683
- OCLC
- 1198607276
- Author
- Napoleoni, Loretta, author.
- Title
- The power of knitting : stitching together our lives in a fractured world / Loretta Napoleoni.
- Publisher
- [New York, New York] : A TarcherPerigee Book, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 197).
- Other Form:
- Online version: Napoleoni, Loretta. Power of knitting [New York, New York] : A TarcherPerigee Book, [2020] 9780593087206 (DLC) 2020000684
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-1753