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by Andrea Katz

We live in a society that moves at a relentless pace, wanting instant gratification and hardly ever stopping to take stock of what is really important in life. In this environment, many people are searching for something creative and rewarding to occupy themselves. Hundreds of thousands of people are finding that creative outlet in KNITTING. So why should you take up knitting?

Firstly, as mentioned above, it is a creative outlet. There is nothing like the feeling of achievement of taking yarn and two needles (or 4!) and creating a pair of socks or a jumper or a toy for your favorite small person. Knitting involves only two stitches that are repeated in varying ways to produce absolutely endless possibilities for your creativity.

Secondly, knitting is relaxing. After a long day at work, coming home and sitting down to knit a few rows enables you to relax (unless you’re knitting a really complicated pattern and getting it wrong – then knitting can be stressful!). Have a few projects on the go at all times so you have ‘relaxing’ knitting and ‘complicated’ knitting and can knit the appropriate project depending on your mood.

Thirdly, knitting exercises your brain. ‘Complicated’ knitting involving intricate lace work, or a pattern that has 54 rows to every pattern repeat can really stretch your thinking processes. Not to mention having to calculate how to pick up stitches or increase/decrease stitches evenly.

Finally, you should take up knitting because you might love it! Many a dedicated knitter was initially a knit-skeptic, thinking knitting was for grannies, but once taught how to use those needles found they loved it because it’s creative and relaxing and exercises your brain and a host of other reasons. Some knit-a-holics tried knitting once, many years ago and failed but on trying again fell in love and haven’t looked back.

So, for the reasons mentioned above, give knitting a go and you might surprise yourself with what you can achieve.
About the author:
Andrea Katz has been knitting for 28 years and is a self confessed knit addict. She knits any and everything and sometimes designs her own patterns.

To view some of Andrea’s knits, see http://babypieknits.blogspot.com/.

Filed under: Knitting

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