As featured on BBC Radio across the UK.

Discover the simple, transformative joy of knitting — and how it can bring calm, colour and connection into your everyday life.

Knitting Happiness is a warm, poetic and deeply companionable guide to wellbeing through the gentle art of knitting. Blending mindful practice with heartfelt storytelling, it explores how yarn, rhythm and the act of making can soothe the mind, lift the spirit and help us rediscover beauty in the ordinary.

With a voice as comforting as a cup of tea by the fire, the author, Tony Malone invites you to slow down, breathe and begin again. Each chapter weaves together reflections on creativity, mindfulness, community and the South Wales landscape, alongside real stories from knitting circles, yarn festivals and unexpected friendships formed on crowded trains.

Whether you are a lifelong knitter or a complete beginner, this book will help you:

Find calm in simple, repetitive stitches and reconnect with your breath

Use knitting as mindfulness, easing stress and boosting emotional wellbeing

Create beauty from everyday inspiration, from hedgerows to colour palettes

Understand the long heritage of wool and craft, and your place within it

Discover the joy of giving handmade gifts with compassion and confidence

Build community, online and in person, through shared creativity

Let go of perfection and find meaning in the practice, not just the outcome.

Along the way you’ll meet knitters of all ages, from South Wales craft groups to young people in recovery programmes, and encounter the quiet resilience of those who find hope in the simple act of making.

Knitting Happiness isn’t a pattern book, though it contains a few simple projects. It is a companion for the soul — a celebration of craft as philosophy, patience and joy.

If you’ve ever needed a reason to slow down, pick up your needles and breathe, this book will offer you one: happiness, like wool, is something we make with our own hands.