#knitting magic

If you are a witch that likes to journal or keep a book of shadows, you can use this to help plan out your crafts. You can write down what you want to make, your goals, the colors, and what hooks you are using. This allows you to focus your intentions, your goals, and even color magic into the craft! Crocheting and knitting can also be calming and possibly meditative! It can help you get ready for a different spell as well, if you are not using the yarn for the spell itself!

This can also be a form of knot magic, and you can focus protection or any other outcome as you work and make your stitches/knots in the yarn/string! You are most likely zoning out anyway while working, so thinking about your intentions should be easy to do in the moment. If knot (:3) then you can write your intentions in a journal to help you!

You can also burn incense or a candle while you work to help calm yourself, breathe life into the craft, and help set your intentions. 

Did you know that you can make a familiar out of yarn? They obviously behave differently from a living familiar but they are still used for protection and companionship! 

Yarn can also be used for jinxing and hexing. You can weave your intentions into the yarn and then burn it at the end of the project. Please make sure you are being careful and practicing proper fire safety!

The Sacred Art of Fiber Crafts: Weaving Magic Through Every Stitch

In the gentle rhythm of needles clicking and yarn flowing through fingers, there exists an ancient magic that modern practitioners are rediscovering. Knitting and crocheting, far beyond their practical applications, serve as powerful tools for protection magic and spiritual meditation – a practice that connects us to generations of wise women who came before.

🧿The Meditative Dance of Thread and Needle

Every stitch is a breath, every row a prayer. When we sit down with our yarn and needles, we enter a state of flow that bears remarkable similarity to traditional meditation practices. The repetitive motions quiet the mind, creating a trance-like state where we can access deeper levels of consciousness. Time seems to slow, and the boundary between craftsperson and craft begins to blur.

This meditative state isn't just peaceful – it's powerful. As we work, we naturally align our energy with the universal flow, much like the steady rhythm of waves on a shore or the cyclical turning of the seasons. Each stitch becomes an opportunity to infuse our work with intention, to weave protection and blessing into every fiber.

🪢Protection Magic in Every Row

The art of protection magic through fiber crafts is elegantly simple yet profound. As we create, we're literally constructing a shield of safety, love, and positive energy. Traditional witchcraft has long recognized that items made by hand carry the energy and intention of their maker. When we knit or crochet with protective purpose, we're creating talismans that carry our magic in every thread.

Consider a shawl crafted for a loved one: Each stitch can be worked with a specific intention – protection from harm, blessing for good health, or a shield against negative energy. The very act of choosing the yarn becomes a ritual – selecting colors that correspond with our magical intention, feeling the texture that speaks to our purpose.

🪄The Witch's Tools: More Than Just Needles

Our tools themselves carry deep symbolic meaning:

🪢Knitting needles represent the duality of creation and protection, like the twin pillars of any magical practice

🪝The crochet hook mirrors the wand, directing energy with precision and purpose

🧶Yarn symbolizes the thread of fate, which we actively shape with every project

⭕The finished piece becomes a magical circle, an unbroken loop of protection and power

A Living Tradition

This practice connects us to a long line of fiber workers who understood the power of their craft. From the Norns of Norse mythology who wove the fate of worlds, to the women who knitted codes into their work during wartime, to modern practitioners who craft protest pieces and healing shawls – we're part of an unbroken tradition of magical crafting.

Ⓜ️Practical Applications for Modern Witches

For those seeking to incorporate fiber magic into their practice, begin simply:

Set clear intentions before starting any project

Choose materials mindfully, considering their magical correspondences

Work in a cleansed and sacred space

Use the rhythm of your stitches as a mantra or focus for meditation

Visualize protective energy flowing from your hands into the work

Remember that the most powerful magic often lies in the simplest acts. A basic garter stitch scarf worked with love and protective intention can be as magically potent as the most complex spell.

Closing the Circle

As witches in the modern world, we're constantly discovering new ways to blend ancient practices with contemporary life. Fiber crafts offer us a perfect bridge between worlds – a way to practice our craft that's both practical and deeply magical. Whether creating a protective blanket for a new baby, a healing shawl for a friend in need, or a grounding sweater for ourselves, we're participating in a form of magic that's both ancient and eternally relevant.

In every stitch, we weave our intentions. In every finished piece, we create not just garments or accessories, but magical tools imbued with purpose and power. So the next time you pick up your needles or hook, remember – you're not just crafting; you're casting a spell that will last as long as the fibers hold together.

Lately in my grimoire, I’ve been working on stitchcraft, knitting, and fiber magick information. Thought I’d share! I couldn’t find a lot of stuff on this, so lemme know if you have information to fill in the gaps, or if I’ve forgotten something. I most definitely have not used every piece of this post in a single project, that would be overwhelming, I just pick and choose depending on what’s appropriate, realistic, and attainable for the project. 

Tools based on materials and purpose

Knitting/Sewing Needles - fire; the wands tarot suit; manifestation; turning nothing into something

Subcategories - aluminum needles for air, Mercury, communication, mental energy, making gifts for someone else to express something; bamboo needles for earth, prosperity, abundance, growth, attraction, finishing quickly and making lots and lots of lovely knitting; plastic needles for...air?, flexibility, durability, adaptability, and the ability to change and bend without breaking

Scissors - air; the swords tarot suit; judgement; clarity; banishing; “cutting back” on unwanted or excessive energies

Stitch Patterns based on the quality of the fabric it produces or the process of making the fabric

Garter/Stockinette/Ribbing/Moss - earth; strong foundations; grounding 

Cable - binding; protection; flow; cycles; attraction; earth or water *cables draw the fabric in as well as intertwine with other strands of knitting, great for drawing in or tying together energies

Stranded colorwork - protection; security; warmth; earth or fire *stranded knitting makes a very thick and warm fabric, that’s why it’s great for mittens and sweaters

Lace - air; wind; adaptability; flexibility; mental energy; clarity 

Waves/Chevron - water (duh); flow; emotions

Fiber Types based on the qualities the fiber has and the symbolism of the creature or plant it comes from *synthetic fibers also listed, had trouble with those, mostly based on how it behaves once it’s knitted

Wool - warmth; safety; protection; warding; new beginnings; spring; love; probably any element tbh

Mohair - air or fire; freedom; mental energy

Silk - the Moon; water or air; the underworld; shadow work; banishing; protection; binding

Cotton - water, air; strength; durability

Bamboo - earth; abundance; prosperity

Linen - water; flow; slow progress; adaptability; quiet but unyielding strength

Nylon - earth; strength; durability

Acrylic - water; flexible; adaptability, durability, longevity

Knitting Techniques based on what you’re doing with the fiber to make it do what you want

Steeking - banishing

Casting on - new beginnings

Binding off - binding

Weaving in ends - endings

Dropped stitches - dropping an unwanted energy

Intarsia/Shapes/Embedded Images - depends on what you’re putting in there, ex: hearts for love, moon for emotions or shadows, the sun for joy, spirals for progression and growth

Numerology use for pattern or stitch repeats/counts *I’m not great at numerology, this is very beginner

0 - potential, empty space, clean slate, new beginnings. *Represent with a yo/eyelet

1 - BOOM, manifestation, new beginnings, the start of something new

2 - balance, duality, choices, binaries

3 - creation, growth, relationships, looking ahead

4 - foundations, structure, stability

5 - change, challenge

6 - compassion, harmony

7 - magic, spirituality, divine, wisdom, reflection, understanding

8 -  movement, progress, change

9 - completion, fulfilment

10 - cycle ends and begins again, transformation

Other Things to Incorporate just random techniques you can layer

Embellishments - appliques/embroidery/etc can be sigils or spell out messages, make sure your decorations are themed with the project’s intent

Color Magic - for intent

Green Witchcraft - use herbs in the water you use to soak and block your knits once you’re finished, or use oils to dab on your tools

Both crocheting and knitting are forms of knot magic, so there's a lot you can do with both! Yarn, string, and other things like that have quite a few uses in magic, and they are very versatile. I tried to find a variety of things you could do, including what you mentioned. Hope you have fun!

Knot Magic

A short guide to knot magic

A knitting spell to help with weight loss goals

A way to put intentions in your crafts

A crochet correspondence list

A few crochet spells

A knitting spell for a variety of things

Ideas for knitting magic projects

A guide on making a knitted protection poppet

A knot spell to reduce anxiety

Ways to work crochet into your craft

A spell to break a curse with knot magic

A spell for money and abundance

A spell for sealing storms

A spell for protection

A memory spell

A guide to working magic into fabric seams

A spell for personal strength

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BLANKET FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS (started November 2018)

And I can HAPPILY and officially say that it’s complete as of today (August 23 2020)

Found an old knitting project at the back of my closet while I was tidying!!! Forget the canevas, this is my next objective: finishing this shawl for my sister while watching The Witches of Eastwick.