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Craft To Heal

The Quiet Joy of Helping One Person at a Time As a Crafter and Author
On academic citations, student emails, and why individual connections matter more than journal recognition
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Fiber Artist Letting Go Challenge: The Swift Creation
Focus on completion in a quick amount of time allowing you to let go of perfection and even attention to detail.
 • Kathryn Vercillo
When Your Hands Teach Your Mind to Stay Still and a Month-Long Grounding Exercise for Fiber Artists
How crochet became my unexpected teacher in nervous system regulation
 • Kathryn Vercillo
The Fiber Artist's Brain on Control and Attachment and Letting Go
The sensory richness of fiber arts makes it particularly effective in grounding individuals in the here and now, fostering a state of relaxed engagement…
 • Kathryn Vercillo
The "Shoulds" of Crafting: How Internal Pressure Steals Your Joy
Instead of striving to create a better product, we become angry at ourselves for not already having it absolutely perfect. Here's an exercise for fiber…
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Crafting as a Mirror: Exploring Awareness Through Fiber Arts
Chapter 1 of Craft to Heal, a comprehensive 139 page PDF all about using fiber arts to practice awareness, is now ready!!!
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Soothing the Nervous System with Stitches: Why Medium Matters
In fiber arts especially, medium choice is not just about what we want to make. It is about what we need to feel.
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Why I Moved the Yarn Again (and Again)
The act of moving objects is the act of locating oneself again. It reestablishes agency in a world where internal chaos often feels untouchable.
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Quick Tips for Crafting Through Different Emotions
Here's a quick "craft emergency kit" guide for using the fiber arts to ground and calm
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Craft to Heal Monthly Chapters Have Launched + Bonus Material!
New insights into how to use fiber arts/crafts as a way to heal, grow, and connect to others
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Suspended Tendrils: The Story Behind the Crochet Art Series
Beginning with a Soft Reach: Building a Series from Gesture, Memory, and Material
 • Kathryn Vercillo
Exploring Awareness Practices Through Fiber Arts
How to increase the benefits of grounding, center, focus, and flow through crochet, knitting, weaving, sewing and more ...
 • Kathryn Vercillo
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