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Table of Contents

Guide

seasonal

slow

knitting

Hannah Thiessen

photography by Katie Starks

THOUGHTFUL

PROJECTS

FOR

A

HANDMADE

YEAR

seasonal

slow

knitting

Editor: Meredith A. Clark

Designer: Danielle Youngsmith

Production Manager: Kathleen Gaffney

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020931030

ISBN: 978-1-4197-4043-5

eISBN: 978-1-64700-021-9

Text copyright 2020 Hannah Thiessen

Photographs copyright 2020 Katie Starks

Cover 2020 Abrams

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table of contents

introduction:

returning to slow knitting

In early 2015, I submitted the idea for my

book

Slow Knitting

to Abrams. The pro-

posal was my first: my first attempt to write

a book, my first attempt to pitch an idea this

large to a completely unknown entity. In

my email, I included a mood board, a single

essay, and some notes about what I wanted

to write: the idea that other knittersand

other craftersmay have been having the

same feelings I was. I loved my craft, but I

felt overwhelmed by knittings new wave, an

onslaught of what was a must-knit, which

yarns were must-haves, what the color or

notion of the moment was. I was longing for

a sense of place within a craft that had been

mine since I was a child but that was feeling

increasingly more alien as I got older.

I loved casting on new projects, but not

the idea that I needed to make them quickly,

or that I needed to become a handmade-gift

factory. I channeled my passion for knitting

into a career in marketing, and I was becom-

ing fatigued from the need to constantly be

making something that other knitters would

admire and talk about, while simultaneously

guiding companies toward how to sell and

share their products. The funny thing about

knitting is that it feels inauthentic amid the

messaging of constant sales. The idea that

you have to buy more yarn, buy more pat-

terns, and churn things out is incongruent

with what knitting is: a peaceful moment to

yourself, time away from the busyness of the

world we live in, a celebration of material

and patience. To me, this craft is authentic-

ity and simplicity at their finest.

After the book was published in 2017,

I discovered that much of my own knitting

practice needed to change if I was going

to match the values I had put forth in

Slow

Knitting

. My stash seemed full to bursting,

so I pulled anything and everything I wasnt

madly in love with and sold it. I began slow-

ing down my buying of patterns and more

carefully selecting not just yarn but cloth-

ing, food, and items for my day-to-day life. It

seemed disingenuous to go speak to how we

should support small business, small farmers,

and slow fashion when I wasnt doing it in

every category of my life. I began a transition

to buying less, using less, and expanding the

tenets of my book to areas beyond my craft.

Seasonal Slow Knitting

is, in a way, both

a deeper and a wider dive into the initial con-

cepts I set forth to be shared and lived. In

the pages of this book, I hope that you will

discover small ways to change your daily,

weekly, monthly, and seasonal knitting prac-

tices to make slower crafting a reality for

you. I hope that youll find a single sentence,

a tip, or maybe a pattern that resonates and

that you can carry with you. And I hope that

these words inspire you to continue to make

and grow.

seasonal slow knitting

about this book

Like

Slow Knitting

, this book is as much

about the philosophy behind why we knit,

and why we love to create, as it is about

following a pattern or working on a proj-

ect. The book is arranged seasonally, and is

designed to guide us through our knitting

practice as the weather and world change

around us. Whenever you pick up the book

and begin reading, I recommend starting

with the season that youre in, before read-

ing the whole volume.

Each of the patterns was designed

with practicality in mind. I curated a selec-

tion of garments, accessories, and home

goods that could fill needs and fit seamlessly

into any wardrobe and lifestyle. As a result,

most patterns are fairly beginner-accessible

but should be enjoyable for knitters of any

level. I have included notes before each pat-

tern to round out the experience and give

helpful advice, so make sure you read them

before starting any project.

abbreviations

There is a list of abbreviations used for the

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