Bernadette Murphy artfully knits together creativity, spirituality, and daily life, letting us see the rich and wondrous fabric that connects all of it, all of us, "in a piece." This is a book readers will want to wrap themselves up in again and again for comfort, for inspiration, for affirmation of the healing, centering, power of the art."
Gayle Brandeis, author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write

"Bernadette Murphy explores the now-radical notion that in the smallest, most mundane gestures, we may find a kind of grace. For her, knitting is a spiritual practice, and this book traces the arc of her discovery with openness and faith."
David L. Ulin, anthology editor, Another City: Writing from Los Angeles

"The book is full of lore, technical tips, colorful needle-wielding characters, and, ahem, plain old good yarns. Knitting, in Murphy's hands, is more than a metaphor; it is tangible, hands-on proof of the inner-connectedness of all living things."
Michelle Huneven, author of Round Rock and Jamesland

Murphy reminds us how the slow gentle beauties of life are indeed within our grasp, that what we take into our hands, we take into our heart and soul. A wise, illuminating book, for knitter and non-knitter alike."
Tara Ison, author, A Child Out of Alcatraz

Bernadette Murphy is an essayist, fiction writer, book critic, and a knitter of seventeen years.