Crafting With Yarn Has Many Health Benefits

Taking part in hand crafts  involving yarn  is both rewarding and relaxing. It is a challenge to your mind, but not to the point that you would feel mentally exhausted. This makes it great therapy for de-stressing. It should come as no surprise therefore, that doing yarn crafting yields health benefits.

Read about the health benefits in the following blog post:

By Kathryn Vercillo. "10 Most Important Health Benefits of Yarncrafting" , Lionbrand Blog, May 20,2014. Web May 24,2014.  <http://blog.lionbrand.com/2014/05/20/10-most-important-health-benefits-of-yarncrafting/>.

10 Most Important Health Benefits of Yarncrafting

By Kathryn Vacillo

Blogger and author Kathryn Vercillo is an expert in the area of using crafting to heal, having researched the topic extensively for her book Crochet Saved My Life. This is part one in her 6-part series for us on the topic of yarncraft health. Read her previous blog posts on the Lion Brand Notebook here. 

 Yarn heals. Whether you prefer needles or hooks or a combination of both, crafting can soothe your body and mend your mind. Anecdotal evidence has shown this for decades and new research confirms it with science. The benefits people report are seemingly endless. Here are the top 10 yarncrafting health benefits.

 1. Knitting and Crochet Relieve Depression
Depression relief is by far the most reported and studied benefit of crochet and knitting. The repetition of the crafts has been shown to release serotonin, a natural anti-depressant. CNN recently reported that “in one study of more than 3,500 knitters, published in The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 81% of respondents with depression reported feeling happy after knitting. More than half reported feeling “very happy.”
2. Crafting Reduces Anxiety
Yarncrafts helps with various forms of anxiety. It keeps your hands busy and mind focused ......

 Read More

Summer Coming On-Good Time to Learn Crafts

Summer will be upon us before we know it. With summer ,comes vacation, and longer days with hopefully a little more time to relax.

If you have been wanting to learn to do some type of crafting, why wait?

Summer is a good time to learn to do different crafts. Take knitting or crocheting for example....with learning to knit or crochet now, you can make yourself a simple scarf or perhaps a simple knitted or crocheted purse to use this fall.

There are many nice beginner's patterns out there as well as simplified instructions on learning how to knit or crochet. The manufacturers of yarns usually have a nice variety of free patterns based on your skill level. You will usually need to register with their website ,to use the patterns, but this is also free. Here a few of my favorites:

LION BRAND Yarn- http://www.lionbrand.com/

• You need to register for a free account
• Once you are registered, you can search through ALL the free patterns...
• You will also have access to free lessons LEARN TO KNIT
• Or you might want to try LEARN TO CROCHET
• There is also a Community Page to share ideas and stories with others
• Or you might wish to check out the "Free Goodies" Page on their website!

BERNAT Yarns- http://www.bernat.com/

• You need to register for a free account
• You can SEARCH through ALL the free patterns for whatever you want
• You can learn to knit using their online lessons which you can print out!
• You can learn to crochet using their online lessons which you can print out!
• You can check out the free Beginner KNITTING patterns for inspiration!
• You can check out the free Beginner CROCHET patterns for inspiration!

These are just two fine examples of websites that offer so much and for free, what better a price in this hard economy.

Learning a new handcraft will give you something to do, especially if you like many others , will be vacationing at home this year due to economic conditions. You will be able to take pride in your own handiwork, and when someone admires your finished product you can proudly say, "Thank you! I made it myself!"

Thank you for visiting Jennie Salinda and stop by again real soon.