Slow Knitting: A Journey from Sheep to Skein to Stitch

Slow Knitting encourages knitters to step back, pare down, and celebrate the craftsmanship of their work, following principles similar to the slow food movement. Hannah Thiessen organizes the book around five tenets of slow knitting: sourcing carefully, making thoughtfully, thinking environmentally, experimenting fearlessly, and exploring openly. Each chapter explores fiber types, profiles well-known yarn types and makers, and includes garment patterns inspired by featured fibers. The book features contributions from knitters including Norah Gaughan and Bristol Ivy. Thiessen challenges knitters of all skill levels to view their practice in a new way, proposing an approach that is both minimalist and all-encompassing. The book emphasizes knitting as a meditation, a passion, and a unique necessity, rather than focusing on producing large quantities of work.