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Fibers of Grief: Knitting & Sewing as Grief Care

Fibers of Grief: Knitting & Sewing as Grief Care

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 In this solo episode of In this solo episode of Halva for the Heart, I reflect on the ancient connection between fiber arts and grief care. From slow stitching and mending to knitting and quilting, I explore how our hands hold ancestral wisdom, how the rhythmic, tactile act of making with thread can help us process what our minds cannot.

This episode weaves together:
  • reflections on fiber arts as embodied grief care, from quilting to visible mending
  • the story of Elizabeth Roseberry Mitchell’s Graveyard Quilt and other memorial textiles
  • how knitting, crochet, and yarn wrapping can become rituals of remembrance and release
  • my personal story about returning to knitting in grief, and the healing power of communal making
✨ Join the next Fibers of Grief gathering or download the free Slow Stitching with Grief guidebook


Links:

🧶 Fibers of Grief: online gathering every first Thursday of the month
📘 Free Guidebook: Slow Stitching with Grief
🧵 Melissa Word's Grief Threads
🪦 Elizabeth Roseberry Mitchell’s Graveyard Quilt
🏳️‍🌈 AIDS Memorial Quilt
🕊️ Stitch Their Names Together: honoring Palestinians killed in Gaza
🪡 Craftivist Collective

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🎵 Theme song: 'Lullaby' by Iranian oud player Negâr Boubân
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