Why do i like knitting

I taught myself to knit as a teenager. I like knitting because I can create with my hands and bring joy to others with my knitted gifts.

I like knitting because I love to give handmade gifts to loved ones! I also enjoy being in my own little space being quiet,just hearing my needles, feeling yarn,,seeing the color choices, and the heightening of my sense that the joy I feel from creating my own item.

I love knitting because it is so therapeutic. I learned to knit when I was six years old and have not stopped. I am now seventy years old and still knitting when my hands allow me to, I could not imagine having to give it up, I would stay in a dark corner not liking life at all.

Knitting is my life. This contest sounds like a dream, thank for the chance to win, Louise. I am seventy years old and have been knitting since I was six years. I am collecting patterns for my future grandchildren. Knitting is my life and could not imagine a whole day with out knitting is like taking off my fingers, nothing else to do. Thank you for the chance to win,Louise. While pregnant with all my kids I knitted them their own twin blanket to use when they grew up.

It was a great way pass the time! I love knitting because I have a hard time not doing nothing. I started so I could watch TV with my husband and not feel like I was wasting time.

I also get bored easily and knitting is challenging. I am so thankful that I knit. Why do I like knitting? Well… knitting is like a therapy… it calms me down, it allows me to stop anxiety… like a meditation. I just had a total mastectomy surgery and knitting takes my mind out of the problem… knitting is sooo great! I am knitting and crocheying good word?? Knitting is my life and passion.

I like knitting because knitting is not only therapeutic and helps calm my anxiety dramatically but i love creating beautiful pieces for myself and loved ones — learning new stitches and completing different projects is the best feeling in the world!

Plus when making garments they are totally customizable so they fit and feel better than anything you can buy at the store. Trying different yarns is also so much fun!

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Just quietly gave him the side eye. H: Why do you knit so much? Said with genuine nonjudgemental curiosity Me: It fascinates me. And how soothing is the rhythm? I love the rhythm of knitting. I also enjoy the challenge of learning new stitches and projects.

Took up knitting after I retired and am so happy I did, The tin can site has been very helpful, I have made several of your projects. Besides loving to feel the fiber, satisfaction on completing a project it is also the creativity of picking colors that are pleasing to work with and changing patterns to make them my own when the urge to do so happens.

Sometimes the rote pattern is what is needed and sometimes something more challenging. Meeting people who also knit and become friends is a wonderful addition to the process. Thanks for so eloquently expressing why you and I knit. COVID brought another dimension to knitting for me. As a person who lives alone I found it very difficult during the first lockdown in particular. I arrived home from New Zealand on March 13, , and soon found myself alone at home for an undefinable time.

For those of us in unexpected solitary confinement, knitting was our connection to other human beings in similar situations. As we knit our squares, each stitch represented hope for a future when the square would be done, when the afghan or pillow would be done, when we would once again be able to see our loved ones and friends in person.

I knit every day, after work, and it helps me unwind and clear my head. I love looking at the advance of color and feeling the sheepy texture of the yarn in my hands. There is also the creativity element — I did a technical job in my earning years, but knitting allowed me to create something useful and beautiful.

I am sometimes awestruck by the realization that I have made an item that is not identical to any other on the planet, because of my choices of different yarns and adjustments to the patterns, but also because no one knits completely the same as anyone else.

Thank you for the link to your blog. I made my first pair of socks from the Girl Guide knitting book in and making socks is still my favourite thing to knit. I am a person who lives with depression and anxiety not a good combo at any time, but especially in this day and age and I find that knitting calms me and actually brings me peace and joy.

I love watching the pattern emerge and even more, the feel of the fabric as it passes through my fingers. I have always loved knitting since my grandmother taught me nearly 60 years ago!

I love the connection that it gives me to the past. I just love the whole process from beginning to end. It always gives me a thrill when I gift something handmade to someone who appreciates the work that goes into it. I love knitting for the exact same reasons as you.

Your words and reasons are perfect! Sometimes my knitting connects me with my mother and grandmother. Both are were amazing knitters. It feels good to know that their love of creating is a part of me. But most important are the connections I have made over the years with other knitters, they are some of my best friends. My Grandmother taught me to crochet. She tried to teach me to knit but I kept losing stitches and would have a hole.

I loved the look of a knit. It always looked so neat and tidy. So, I got on the computer and I taught myself to knit at the age of I am now 62 and love knitting things for my children and grandchildren! I love the feel of the yarn in my hands and the relaxing flow of the pattern. The different patterns and textures go on and on.

The possibilities are endless! Thank you for this website. You are always encouraging and so full of ideas. It is also fun to challenge yourself, try a new technique… after one bad experience with brioche, I know I will give it another try! I love the feeling of the fibre as it slips through my fingers! It soothes me and makes me happy! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.

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