How to divorce and survive with knitting
February 25, 2010 11:18 am Other Divorce News
Many people think that knitting is something that old ladies do but according to reports this is no longer the case.
Kitting is said to be great therapy for people going through a bad divorce. It’s said that a complicated knitting pattern demands every ounce of your concentration, making it the perfect distraction from life.
At the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, U.S, researchers have said that the repetitive motion of knitting can lower your blood pressure and make you feel relaxed. So if knitting can help you through divorce then it surely can help in other stressful situations in your life.
Do you think that knitting will help you cope in stressful situations? Let us know your views in the comments box below.
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June 30th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
My husband of 26 years left 7 months ago. In the year before he left I had been knitting more and more. The only thing we seemed to do together anymore was watch television and I found I felt it was such a time waster yet I wanted to be with him so I compromised by knitting. I think in the end it bothered him, my knitting, however I found it very soothing and when he finally did go, well, knitting kind of took over. I sometimes wonder if that is a good thing or not but I am self employed working from home and somehow I managed to keep working despite the fact that I wanted to curl into a ball on the bed and give up. I`ve suffered from depression since my teens and I was in a pretty bad state for a few months but knitting kept my focus elsewhere and seemed to calm my mind. I am a worrier by nature and knitting kept my mind off the big picture and kept me company on many a sleepless night. It kept my attention in a way that reading could not and I loved my finished projects. I had accomplished something even if it was just making a pair of socks. It kept me from angry raging and pointless wallowing. The more complicated the pattern the better. I started knitting lace, complicated sock patterns and multi-piece toys. I joined 2 knitting groups and made new friends. It got me out of the house, and since I live alone in the country and work alone that was important. Knitting saved me and continues to save me. I don`t know where I would be without it.