Overview

This book explores the threads between community building and fiber arts. Essays explore a variety of communities, different types of crafts, and the unique spaces and places where those communities exist. Readers will get a sense of how community is established, supported, and deconstructed to better understand the benefits they hold for community members. Thinking about how the communities work and why members join and stay within them offers the reader a rich view into the world of fiber arts and the communities within.

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Author:   Amy M. Smith
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9781476662855

ISBN 10:   1476662851
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   03 April 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Pattern Notes and Abbreviations: An Introduction Amy M. Smith Casting On: Creating Community Stitchin Physicians April Smith-Gonzalez Finding Social Support Through Knitting Communities Kim M. Omachinski Crafting Motherhood in Online Communities Anna Hensley and Libby Anthony Community and Belonging: Knit2Together Amy M. Smith Between pages 92 and 93 are 8 color plates with 11 photographs The Pattern: Techniques and Skills A Knitter’s Perspective Anne Schuldiner Patterson Why (NOT) Handwork Jelena Škulis Reconstructing the Personal Self, Constructing a Professional Identity, Building a Community: Rhetorical Dimensions of ­Quilt-making Elizabeth Jean Nelson Embroidery in Process: Of Threads, Ideas and Feelings Berenice Cortés Campos Casting Off: Weaving in the Ends Designing for the Makers Jill Thompson Beach Weaving an Online Community Kelli Cargile Cook and Liz Gipson Weaving a Meaningful Place: A Participatory Evaluation of a Rural Community Center in Southern Ecuador Majo Carrasco-Tenezaca, Grupo Artesanal “Los Ceibos, manos que crean,” Risa Whitson, and Mario J. Grijalva Mind the Step: How An Eclectic Craft Store Creates Community, Engagement, and Belonging in a ­Semi-Rural Area of Western Australia Jennifer Joy Murphy and Sian Chapman Saving Myself Marti J. Dahlquist References About the Contributors Index

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Amy M. Smith is a media and communication professor at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts.

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