Mindfulness in Crochet

Emma Friedlander-Collins has crocheted for over 20 years and authored six craft and crochet books. She’s written numerous papers including a recent one on wellness, crafting & hope, and has also featured in trade press.She is passionate about human-nature connection and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others. She also wrangles this into her other work as a content creator and lecturer in visual promotion where she teaches students the fine art of creating connected, visual stories at the University of Brighton.Emma has been featured in Mollie Makes, Simply Crochet, Inside Crochet, Love Crochet and Crochet Now magazines, and has contributed to a number of other online and paper publications. She has also collaborated with the lovely people at Hobbycraft, Rowan Yarns, Hoooked, DMC and other scrummy yarn companies, and has had her yarn photography featured in a variety of publications from The Guardian to Lovecrochet.Melvyn Evans is a professional artist, printmaker and illustrator. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal College of Art and Somerset House.

• IntroductionChapter One: Connecting with YourselfExercise box: Mindfulness of BreathExercise box: Feel, Notice, Focus Exercise box: Colour Choices Pattern: Granny Square PatternChapter Two: Connecting & Modern LivingExercise box: Put Down Your Phone, Pick Up Your Hook Exercise box: Crochet HackingChapter Three: Connecting to AncestorsExercise box: Reach Back in TimeExercise box: A Moment with the MakerTBC: Exercise box: Listen to the YarnChapter Four: Connecting to NatureExercise box: Record Nature’s ColoursTBC: Exercise box: Incorporating Found Objects into CrochetBox: A Note on Yarns Chapter Five: Making Things as AgencyBox: Whose Craft Counts?Exercise box: Honour the Agency in your CraftChapter Six: Weaving in the EndsPattern: Make a Mini-Me Amigurumi [new box created from body text]