TY - BOOK AU - Napoleoni,Loretta TI - The power of knitting: stitching together our lives in a fractured world SN - 9780593087190 PY - 2020///] CY - [New York, New York] PB - A TarcherPerigee Book KW - Knitting KW - Patterns N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 197); Introduction: knitting the patterns of love, politics and economics, pattern of the pussy power hat -- Why do we knit? Pattern of wig hat -- Opening the yarn cage, pattern of World War II service socks -- Knitting for the revolution, pattern of the French Revolution phrygian cap -- Feminism's love-hate relationship with yarn, pattern of a knitted bikini -- Wool is cool, pattern of a Rastafarian hat -- The magic of the knitting networks, pattern of rib stitch poppy -- Knitting in the age of neuroscience, pattern of a knitted brain -- Let's knit together, re-stitching society, pattern of unisex vests -- Epilogue: all you need is love, pattern of a knitted heart N2 - An economist and life-long knitter reveals the hidden power of the purl and stitch mantra - a powerful metaphor for life that empowers, heals and reconnects us to each other and ourselves ER -