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The Mindfulness in Knitting: Meditations on Craft and Calm

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Casts fresh light on this famously calming craft, and reveals how the simple repetition of plain and purl can in itself nurture wellbeing. 

Artist / Author Rachael Matthews
Publisher Leaping Hare Press
ISBN 978-1782404187
Reference P3722
Date 2016
Type Publication

Keywords

craft group learning making meditation self-discovery stress yarn

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