Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Times of Trouble (Inspiring Stories for Troubled Times)
Most knitters know: Getting through a difficult time often means knitting through it. It’s this home truth that comes through clearly in the writings gathered in this book. These pieces—some by contemporary writers and others from the WPA’s Federal Writer’s Project—tell stories of knitting through adversity of all kinds, from war and poverty to imprisonment and political anxiety. Poignant, often lyrical, the narratives conjure hardscrabble lives and immigrant experience, the work of anxious hands kept busy creating warmth and beauty, or earning desperately need money. Also featured are black and white photographs from the Library of Congress archives, as well as a sampling of patterns to help knitters through their own difficult times.