From the article: Your First Knitting Project
People knit for many different reasons beyond just producing garments and knit items for themselves, family, friends and charity. Whether you knit to calm your mind after a rough day, as an antidote to smoking or evening snacking, or just because you like being productive while watching television, share your thoughts here about why you like to knit. Share Your Reason
Life Long Love of Knitting
- I began knitting as a seven year old little girl when my mother was a Girl Scout leader. She was teaching the older girls how to knit and I wanted to learn. Now I'm 75 and I'm still knitting! I used to knit aran sweaters, but now I have arthritis in my hands, so I knit socks, mainly. I give them to my two daughters, one of my sons and many of my friends when their birthdays roll around. I cannot watch TV without knitting. I've taught my ladies church group to knit, too. It's great therapy!
- —Guest Diane Ferver
So Many Reasons
- Relaxation, creativity, feeling of accomplishment, visual pleasure, tradition, to develop a skill, pleasure of giving
- —Guest Lulu
Just for Fun
- My grandmother taught me to knit 69 years ago. I didn't knit very much when I was young as I was too busy working and raising a family, but now I am retired. I organized a knitting class in a seniors' residence. Now I just love Friday mornings with all my new friends. I knit every night and sell a lot at a bazaar in November. I take orders from people and just have a wonderful time knitting for them. It is a great hobby.
- —Guest Shirley Mc
Relaxation and Relief
- I knit because it relaxes me, helps take away the nerve pain I have from peripheral neuropathy and simply because I love doing it! Rarely a day goes by without the needles in my hands if only for a short time.
- —Guest Sharon
Creativity
- I enjoy creating - mixing yarns and colors and just designing as I knit.
- —Guest Martha
So Many Reasons To Knit!
- I knit because: 1. It lets me watch television without feeling guilty about being idle, 2. It relieves stress, 3. I can see a concrete result and it (usually!) is beautiful. I also knit because I fall in love with so many skeins of yarn. I love the infinite variety of yarns, especially handspun or hand-dyed yarns; the softness of alpaca, merino, llama--plus mohair and angora. For someone who grew up thinking that "yarn" meant a 4 oz. skein of worsted weight wool or orlon, the amazing yarns available now are just intoxicating. It seems almost magical to watch them become "something" on the needles!
- —aweinh25
Knitting Therapy
- It relieves the pressures of daily life! I learned when I was a child but I didn't picked it up again until 40 years later. It helped me get through a life crisis.
- —Guest Cindy
My Reason For Knitting
- I learned just for the pleasure of knitting; now, my cousin works in Labor and Delivery at the local hospital and was concerned that the hats given there did not fit the premature babies, so now I knit smaller hats for the premature babies. I also make some a little larger too. I have been knitting for 40+ years and enjoy the "squeals of delight" when giving a handmade gift to a friend.
- —Guest Bev
Because I Love Knitting
- There are many reasons why I knit. My mother taught me to knit when I was very young, but I didn't knit very much. 15 years later I knit a simple scarf, but it didn't 'stick' that time either! Then my dear mother, who had taught me so many wonderful crafts, died just before my 21st birthday. Fast forward almost 20 years later and I became ill with Psoriatic arthritis, which began doing a lot of damage to my fingers, and Fibromyalgia. One day my tween daughter asked me to teach her to knit and as I was knitting I noticed that the swelling in my fingers went down and they were more flexible! Also I was enjoying knitting and it made me feel useful again -- I'd just been granted permanent disability. I love knitting, teaching my daughters to knit and passing down a craft that my mother and grandmother both enjoyed.
- —DorcasBe
Because I Can
- I knit because I can, I crochet for the same reason. Both arts relax me and give me something to do with my hands with a beautiful result at the end.
- —juli1961
Knit Unto Others
- My reason for knitting is for the Joy of knowing the people who receive them as gift at Christmas. The babies, the homeless and those that are ill. It warms my Heart knowing that what I knit will be used my those who are in need.
- —Guest Shari Kallmeyer
Knitting for relaxation
- It relaxes me and takes my mind away from my problems. I have been knitting for 60 years.
- —Guest connie
Knitting in Thailand
- I recently arrived in Thailand after volunteering as a teacher in Rwanda. Knitting has helped keep me sane through both experiences. Two translucent moments so far: knitting away a whimsical Sunday afternoon on a rooftop in suburban Bangkok, and knitting on the banks of Lake Kivu after too much sun and Primus beer.
- —Guest Wes Strydom
Why I Knit
- I do it to relax and get away from the real world. I also do it to challenge myself in the world of knitting stitches.
- —Guest Katara
Love Knitting
- I just began knitting about three months ago (crocheted for over 30+ years) and dearly LOVE knitting. Every chance I get, I knit. It is sheer relaxation to me. I would consider myself as an advanced beginner right now. Building my stash of yarn is as much fun as knitting too!
- —Guest guest Terri
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