Knit Yourself Calm: A creative path to managing stress

by Lynne Rowe, Betsan Corkhill

Overview

Reduce stress and enjoy your favorite pastime with a wide variety of mindfulness-based knitting projects for new and experienced knitters!
 
Knitting is a relaxing and therapeutic pastime. Knit Yourself Calm uses this winning combination to offer mindfulness techniques and fun knitting projects to help you reduce stress. Though aimed at both beginners and advanced knitters, the book focuses on basics knit and purl stitches, increasing, decreasing, and some simple colorwork.
 
After covering essential techniques, author Lynne Rowe shares mindful knitting projects in 5 sections. Each section offers a different way of promoting calm:

• Quick and Easy Projects for when you when you need a quick fix to raise your mood
• Portable Projects for managing stress on the go, perfect for commutes, work breaks, and travel days
• Group Projects for when you want to knit with friends and enjoy some mood-boosting fun, play, and laughter
• Big Projects for when you need a constant companion to whom you can turn for calm, consistency, and a soothing rhythm.
• New Skills—from different stitch patterns, colors, or textures—for nurturing a healthy brain, growth, and creativity.

Whatever your skill level, there are plenty of projects here to help you achieve calm, manage stress, and enjoy a fun, creative pastime that produces beautiful projects for yourself, your loved ones, or your home!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782214939
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	06/19/2017
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	624,448
Product dimensions:	8.13(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Lynne Rowe was taught to knit and crochet by her Nan in her early childhood and has been hooked ever since. She has developed a wide range of specialist skills and loves to pass these on to others through her workshops and classes. She is best known for her whimsical designs which feature regularly in the UKs most popular craft magazines, along with articles and technical guides. Her practical approach makes her patterns straightforward, easy to read and fun to make and her aim is to encourage as many people as possible to knit and crochet. Lynne lives in Congleton, Cheshire.

Table of Contents

Foreword Betsan Corkhill 8

Introduction 12

Materials & Tools 14

The projects 18

Quick & Easy Projects 20

Washcloths 22

Unisex Scarf 24

Chunky Pillows 26

Portable Projects 28

Family Hats 30

Technique: Knitting in the Round

Colour Block Cowl 34

Stripy Socks 36

Techniques: Picking up Stitches and Kitchener Stitch

Group Projects 42

Patchwork Blanket 44

Bunting 48

Teddy Bear 52

Big Projects 56

Nursery Blanket 58

Shawl 62

Yarn Bag 66

New Skills Projects 70

Love Hearts Tea Cosy Set 72

Technique: Fair Isle

Cabled Fingerless Mittens 78

Technique: Cable Stitch

Evening Purse 86

Hot Water Bottle 90

Technique: Duplicate Stitch

Essential Techniques 94

Tension (gauge) 96

Casting on 97

Casting off 99

Basic stitches 100

Increasing 102

Decreasing 103

Basic Stitch Patterns 104

Making a pompom 105

Blocking 106

Mattress Stitch 108

Abbreviations 110

Index 111

Acknowledgements 112

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal 2017

Books touting the stress-busting properties of crafting are commonplace, and this collection, cowritten by two knitters who have researched the therapeutic benefits of knitting, provides a bounty of simple, low-frustration projects. Rowe and Corkhill group their designs by type—quick and easy, portable, group, big, and new skills—so knitters are free to choose the one appropriate for their situation. Most include fairly simple, easy-to-memorize, basic stitch patterns. Knitters who prefer exploring more complicated techniques will find a few projects in the “new skills” section, which includes simple stranded knitting, cables, and duplicate stitch. ­VERDICT Rowe and Corkhill see the mindful aspects of knitting as something serious and enduring rather than trendy, and it shows. Beginning knitters looking for a way to unwind will find both projects and tips in this collection.

From the Publisher

09/01/2017
Books touting the stress-busting properties of crafting are commonplace, and this collection, cowritten by two knitters who have researched the therapeutic benefits of knitting, provides a bounty of simple, low-frustration projects. Rowe and Corkhill group their designs by type—quick and easy, portable, group, big, and new skills—so knitters are free to choose the one appropriate for their situation. Most include fairly simple, easy-to-memorize, basic stitch patterns. Knitters who prefer exploring more complicated techniques will find a few projects in the "new skills" section, which includes simple stranded knitting, cables, and duplicate stitch. VERDICT Rowe and Corkhill see the mindful aspects of knitting as something serious and enduring rather than trendy, and it shows. Beginning knitters looking for a way to unwind will find both projects and tips in this collection.

Library Journal