A richly illustrated spiritual and practical guide ...

--for knitters at all levels seeking deeper meaning in their creative practice

--functional and beautiful clothing designs to build skills and nurture inner growth 

A celebration of community, creativity, and care!

Endorsements

Human beings are meant to be makers, participating in the creative stream of earth evolution, bringing together matter and spirit. The fiber crafts offer a wonderful entrance point into this journey, a true path of integration for thinking, feeling, and willing. Renate and Mikae have inspired me and many other students on that path; now, their wisdom is available to everyone through the content of their spiritual and practical book. Enjoy the adventure!

--Lory Widmer Hess, author of When Fragments Make a Whole: A Personal Journey Through Healing Stories in the Bible

In this lovingly produced book, Renate Hiller and Mikae Toma generously share their holistic approach to every stage of the knitter’s journey, from the first whisper of an idea onward. Page by page, they invite us to actively engage our hands, hearts, and minds—and flourish in the process of creating and enjoying our own knitwear. In a world overwhelmed by the excesses of mass production, Knitting by Heart reminds us that handwork and sensitive engagement with the natural world can lead us toward a more soulful and sustainable way of being.

—Melanie Falick, author of Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live

Photographs, cover and book design by Claudio Rodriguez

A portion of the revenue from the sales of this book will be donated to the Fiber Craft Studio’s Applied Arts scholarship fund.