PURLY QUEEN

Meditative musings in The Mindfulness in Knitting by Rachael Matthews

Rachael Matthews loves the way anyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn, and in short order, make something – a holey scarf, haphazard mittens or a complicated jumper. But alongside its creative consolations, she believes it also offers a meditative opportunity – a chance to replace the mad rush of the modern world with time quietly spent reconnecting to yourself. She elegantly discusses how knitting teaches problem solving, maths, thriftiness; how it can encourage activism and companionship and why she loves Herdwick wool – “itchy but beautiful” and “alive with sparkling specks” – enriching any colour or texture you put next to it. (Leaping Hare Press)…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2016 - Issue 52

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