With Hook in Hand, Enrich Your Spiritual
Practice and Renew Your Awareness
of the Connections of
Creativity to Spirit
What can you learn about yourself through
your crocheting? What deeper symbolism lies behind the loops
and patterns that you create? How can this simple activity help
you make your way down a spiritual path? Delve into these
questions and more in this imaginative book that will become
your spiritual friend, your teacher and your sanctuary. Follow
the crochet journeys of the author and other crocheters to
discover how they have used their crocheting to explore and
strengthen their spiritual selves, and how you can do the same.
In this joyful and engaging look at a time-honored craft, you
will discover ways to:
• Find a Sense of Fullness and
Gratitude
• Have More within a Structure of
Less
• Combine the Spiritual Practices of
Meditation and Prayer
• Create Tools for Intensifying
Spiritual Practice
• Find Your Spiritual Path with
Crochet
• Connect with Community through
Crochet
• Make Crochet Uniquely Yours
… and much more
“An extraordinary gift to the
crochet community…. Teaches us how to tap the deep
wellsprings of creativity and love with our crochet. You
won’t be able to look at your yarn and hook in quite the
same way after ingesting the rich contents of this
book.”
—Dora
Ohrenstein, editor, Crochet Insider
“Deepens and expands what crocheters
have long known—that crochet is a meditative and soulful
pursuit. Mindful, heartfelt and philosophically engaging, this
book is a blessing and a gift.”
—Noreen
Crone-Findlay, author, Creative Crocheted Dolls: 50 Whimsical Designs
“One of the most important books
ever written on evolving through handwork, the connection of
the heart and our hands. Crocheting and the patterns are just
the gravy on top.”
—Pardis
Amirshahi, editor, Living Crafts Magazine
Cindy Crandall-Frazier is the author of Single
Crochet for Beginners and Sock Doll Workshop: 30 Delightful Dolls to Create
and Cherish. She is an educator and
member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker).
Linda Skolnik created
one of the most popular knitting resources in the
world—Patternworks. She is co-author of The Knitting Way: A Guide to Spiritual
Self-Discovery (SkyLight
Paths).
