Introducing the Re-Release of Stash with Purpose: The Art of Ethical Crocheting
Put simply, slow craft begins with your fingertips and stretches to how you perceive and interact with the world around you. Handmaking has always been our way of marrying utility with imagination and individuality, but even our cherished creative escapes have not been immune to the pull of excess and excess consumption as we fly through life at warp speed. Which is why I am overjoyed to share that Stash with Purpose: The Art of Ethical Crocheting has just been republished with a larger appendix section filled with goodies to help you on your crafting journey.
Slow stitching is about kindness, towards the planet, others, and yourself. It’s not about depriving yourself of the things you love to create or tossing your hobby closet in a rage-induced fit. In Stash with Purpose, we examine how stitching slowly became stuffing our closets and shopping to feel better. We sort through our tubs of guilt sewn from baskets of yarn dominating our closets and unused supplies gathering dust. It’s time to take back your hook and skein in defiance of fast fashion and petroleum-produced disposable yarn.
Through the book you’ll discover why what we make matters by way of the textile industry’s impact on the planet (spoiler: it’s bad), understand why every sustainable swap you make counts, and learn how to avoid greenwashing while navigating the complex world of third-party certifications such as GOTS and OEKO-TEX. By book’s end you’ll view yarn less as a consumer with unlimited wants and more as the renewable resource it actually is.
Not to mention, this updated edition’s appendix delves even further with resources tailored specifically for sustainable stitching. From my favorite tips, guide to ethical yarn certifications, to a detailed stash audit and inventory worksheet, ethical sourcing checklist, yardage estimator, and care and mending resources.
Next month I’ll be hosting a giveaway where intrigued readers can snatch up an Amazon Kindle copy for free (in hopes that you’ll leave me a kind review if you love it!). If you’d like to claim your free copy when it becomes available, fill out the form below and I will send you the link as soon as the giveaway starts.
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