YOGA of YARN

How to wind your yarn mindfully

Liza is smelling the yarn for her meditation mat project. As a knitter, I find the texture of the yarn I'm knitting with very important. It's the tactile feeling that makes or breaks whether I will use a yarn, more than color sometimes. Each project is different and requires a different kind of yarn. There are times when I'm searching for something oh-so-soft, and others when coarse or the scratchier, the better. Before I even begin a knitting project, I meditate with my yar

A SHORT STORY A few years ago, I flew out to California to film my Creativebug classes. For one week, I stayed in Berkeley near the studio and filmed three classes, all of which are now live on creativebug.com . In preparation for my trip, I knit samples of the projects I would be teaching and shipped them to the studio ahead of time. This way, I would have less to carry on the plane. But what is it they say about best laid plans? They often go awry. Well, when I arrived on

Stretch your wrists and forearms.

Knitting affirmation

Knitter's affirmation.

3 reasons to be mindful when ball winding

May I call upon my inner creative wisdom to support my knitting projects today. I honor my intentions as I stitch.

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Winding yarn onto cadboard cones for knitting and weaving.

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No matter if you have new yarn or old. Try sitting with it for a bit, bless it, meditate with it, and then go see what you create!

Mini yoga practice for knitters.

Explore mindful knitting.

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