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Softness

Softness is a poetic meditation on hand-knitting and the sentimental value of imperfect garments. The book explores the significance of neglected clothing items, urging a reconsideration of mass-produced fashion in favor of cherished, handmade pieces. It combines textile studies and feminist theory, illustrated beautifully across various paper stocks.

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Softness

Softness is a poetic meditation on hand-knitting and the sentimental value of imperfect garments. The book explores the significance of neglected clothing items, urging a reconsideration of mass-produced fashion in favor of cherished, handmade pieces. It combines textile studies and feminist theory, illustrated beautifully across various paper stocks.

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Softness - A Meditation on Knitting

Common Threads Press 2025 ISBN 9781068625046 Acqn 36846


Pb 11x19cm 32pp ills £8

Unravelling the semantics of the ugly jumper, the ratty cardigan and the squishy mittens.

Softness is a poetic reflection on hand- knitting and the neglected objects that give us
nourishment. A straggly jumper, shrunken in a hot wash. A frayed sleeve, mended with different
wool. A garish sweater, coffee-stained but decidedly unwashed, sent by a loved one to withstand
the cold winters.

Punctuated by short key texts from textile studies and feminist theory, Softness tugs at the loose
threads of this corner of craft history. This is an ode to the disrepaired, a plea to stem the tide of
unloved, mass-produced clothing by rethinking the power of soft things.

Thread-sewn with illustrations interleaved throughout the text, printed in spot colour across three
beautiful paper stocks.

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