Knitting for Peace

Name: Knitting for Peace
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781584795339
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By Betty Christiansen

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Knitting for Peace explores the heartwarming tradition of knitting for charitable causes across America. From community groups in yarn shops, schools, and prisons, to historical roots dating back to Martha Washington, this book highlights how knitters contribute to global and local peace initiatives by creating items like afghans, mittens, socks, and caps for those in need. It features stories of 28 modern knitting projects dedicated to peace and includes patterns for simple, impactful items alongside guidance to start your own knitting-for-peace group.
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This book will appeal to crafters interested in knitting with purpose, community organisers looking to inspire charity efforts, and readers intrigued by the intersection of arts and social good.

All across the world, people are knitting for peace. They call the work they do "charity knitting." This work tells the stories of 28 knitting-for-peace endeavours, with smaller, more anecdotal stories shared in corresponding sidebars. It also offers practicial, hands-on information, including 15 patterns for easy-to-knit charity projects.

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All across America, people are knitting for peace. In yarn shops and private homes, churches and synagogues, schools and even prisons, they meet on weekday evenings or weekend afternoons to knit afghans for refugees, mittens for the homeless, socks for soldiers, or preemie caps for AIDS babies.

The tradition goes back as far as Martha Washington, who spearheaded knitting efforts for the soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and has seen a recent flourishing in what is nowadays called "charity knitting," "community knitting," or "knitting for others." And whether it’s for world peace, community peace, or peace of mind, today’s various causes have the common goal of knitting the world into a better place one stitch at a time.

Knitting for Peace is an exceptional book that celebrates the long heritage of knitting for others. It tells the stories of 28 contemporary knitting-for-peace endeavours, and features patterns for easy-to-knit charity projects such as hats, socks, blankets, and bears, plus a messenger bag emblazoned with the Knitting for Peace logo.

Enlivened by anecdotal sidebars and quotations from both knitters and peacemakers, this inspiring book also includes everything readers need to know to start their own knitting-for-peace groups.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781584795339

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 October 2006

Country: United States

Imprint: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc

Contributors:

By Kiriko Shirobayashi

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 132

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Betty Christiansen Non-Fiction

About the Author

Betty Christiansen is a freelance editor and writer who has knitted since age eight. She has an MFA in non-fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College and has written articles on knitting for peace and other subjects for many publications, including Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting and Family Circle Knitting magazines and the books Knitting Yarns and Spinning Tales (Voyageur, 2005) and KnitLit, Too (Three Rivers Press, 2004). She collaborated on Handknit Holidays (STC, Fall 2005) and is credited on the title page for her contribution. Kiriko Shirobayashi is an award-winning New York-based photographer, whose work appears regularly in magazines in the U.S. and abroad.