The Knit Your Own Monkey Declarations

1.        True emotional freedom cannot be granted or inherited – it must be asserted. Your needles. Your yarns. Your pattern.

2.        You have the absolute authority to reject the patterns foisted upon you by family relationships, societal conditioning, and early-life survival strategies.

3.        Old yarns can feed into new stories; never be afraid to unpick the rows, untangle the knots, and knit to a new pattern.

4.        Life is an endurance project. Knitting your own monkey happens one stitch at a time. Pan in on the single loop; pan out on the whole row. Drop what doesn’t fit, and let your creation evolve with you.