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The power of knitting : stitching together our lives in a fractured world / Loretta Napoleoni ; [illustrations by Alessandra Olanow].

by Napoleoni, Loretta, author.

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[New York, New York] : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]

Knitting -- Patterns.

9780593087190 (hardcover) :

0593087194 (hardcover)

xiii, 205 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

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.

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.

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