A bio with knitting thrown in
I was very disappointed in Knitting Heaven and Earth: Healing the Heart with Craft
because I thought it was going to be a book about how knitting helps you recover from things, using the soothing repetitive motion. Instead I found a biography where the woman basically told stories and occasionally threw in some knitting. Okay, maybe it was more than occasionally, but I was more interested in the things she had knitted than hearing about her and her relationships with others, etc.The parts where she talked about her knitting were facinating, but I would have prefered the book left at that. In fact, I only finished the book because I got it from an inter-libarary loan and felt obligated since the library went to the trouble of getting it for me.
posted by FrequentReader @ 10:30 PM
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Have you heard of the recent book At Knit's End? One of my fellow knitting enthusiasts has been raving about it. It's not what you're looking for exactly in terms of the act of knitting being a kind of Physical Therapy. However, it does share interesting historical and technical info about knitting, and then adds some humor afterward.
As far as crafts and healing, my Italian grandmother crocheted up to her last days on earth, despite severe arthritis. She is an inspiration to me; hence, I continue to crochet a bunch of things (notably my trademark Siberian Spoon Warmers ::grin::) to out-fox my own arthritis and fibromyalgia.
Next up, I am going to learn how to tat... :)
Good day1
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