{"product_id":"with-her-own-hands","title":"With Her Own Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Nicole Nehrig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting—throughout history, these and other forms of textile work have often been dismissed as merely “women’s work” and attached to ideas of domesticity and obedience. Yet, as psychologist and avid knitter Nicole Nehrig wonderfully explores in this captivating book, textile work has often been a way for women to exercise power. When their voices were silenced and other avenues were closed off to them, women used the tools they had—often a needle and thread—to seek freedom within the restrictive societies they lived in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning continents and centuries, \u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e brings together remarkable stories of women who have used textiles as a means of liberation, from an eighteenth-century Quaker boarding school that used embroidered samplers to teach girls math and geography to the Quechua weavers working to preserve and revive Incan traditions today, and from the Miao women of southern China who, in the absence of a written language, pass down their histories in elaborate “story cloths” to a midcentury British women’s postal art exchange. Textiles have been a way for women to explore their intellectual capacities, seek economic independence, create community, process traumas, and convey powerful messages of self-expression and political protest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeartfelt and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eWith Her Own Hands\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of women who have woven their own stories—and a testament to their resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Nehrig\u003c\/strong\u003e is a clinical and research psychologist and a passionate knitter and textile crafter living in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woolery.com\/w-w-norton\/\"\u003eW. W. Norton\u003c\/a\u003e; 1st edition (1996)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10\u003c\/strong\u003e: 0393313484\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780393313482\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Items\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woolery.com\/yarns\/weaving-yarns.html\"\u003eWeaving Yarns\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52496133718289,"sku":"B9781324074854","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7811\/6881\/files\/B9781324074854.jpg?v=1760033514","url":"https:\/\/woolery.com\/products\/with-her-own-hands","provider":"The Woolery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}