Is real hand-knitting still needed in this day and age?

We must admit that we are now in a fast-paced era. Networks, mobile phones, information, resources... are all developing, progressing, and updating at the speed of light, leaving people with no time to react. The space we live in How should we adapt to this speed and how to get along well with this era?

Everyone is a wave in the long river of time. Perhaps, for most people, this is the best era, with advanced technology and countless information channels. Everything is convenient, fast, and at your fingertips; And there are some people who, due to various reasons, have slowed down in this era, frustrated, anxious, depressed... They have to constantly compromise in the coercion of this era, and stagger forward on the road of life. Okay...

Hand-knitting seems to have become synonymous with uselessness and obsolescence in the eyes of some people in this era. They abandon the persistence of a slow pace and insist that feelings are useless, as if this way they can keep up with the speed of this era.

However, there is a group of people who still insist on their love and their true heart in this era. They love knitting and this rare feeling. They said:
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Yes, in the eyes of many seemingly wise people, hand-knitting is a discarded thing in this era, but what those people don’t know is that in this era, hand-knitting is not only a matter of enthusiasm, but also a way to heal the soul. A good remedy.

The British doctor Betsan Korkiler has studied a lot of knitting and emotional healing.After treating patients, I found that an effective way to overcome nervousness is to knit. Korkiler said the process of weaving is similar to the therapeutic process of regulating mental states and thoughts.

In addition to stabilizing the mood, Korkiler believes that knitting can also help treat depression and help get rid of pain. And if you consider that knitted products can also be used as beautiful and novel gifts for others time, then in addition to health benefits, knitting can also bring many practical benefits to people.

Jacqui Fink, an Australian mother of three, regained hope in life by knitting handicrafts with giant sweater needles, not only realizing her dream, but also walking away from the haze of postpartum depression. come out.

Jacqui was originally a strong woman in the legal field. Because she was unhappy at work, she became a stay-at-home mother after leaving her job. Unfortunately, she suffered from postpartum depression, and her mother had lung cancer. She fell into despair for a time. the edge of.

Later one night, she heard a voice in her dream, which asked her to return to the knitting taught by her mother when she was a child, and the bigger the things she knitted, the better, so she began to experiment with extreme knitting.

She started knitting with two giant sweater needles more than 1 meter long that her father designed for her. In the beginning knitting was like meditation for her, which allowed her to skip theGym time.

Later, she was very lucky to find a family in South Australia that produced high-quality wool, created a unique high-quality wool yarn called K1S1, and even founded her own hand-knitting brand in Sydney.

Jacqui is also involved in the fashion industry, designing unique clothing, cooperating with many designers around the world to create knitting creations, encouraging others to participate in knitting activities, and also teaching classes to teach others how to make giant weavings. braid.

Jacqui Fink stands in front of her giant hand-knitted creation.

Sarah Huerta has been diagnosed with depression since her brother died in a terrorist attack in 2004. She was particularly afraid and did not dare to go out. She was always worried that such an accident would happen. Later, her husband bought her a Yarn and crochet hooks, she doubted their effectiveness at first. Unexpectedly, they not only allowed her to concentrate slowly, but also helped her gradually get out of this shadow, began to become calm, and returned to a normal life.

Research shows that women who knit sweaters three times a week are less likely to suffer from severe anxiety and depression. At the same time, women who can knit sweaters also have excellent cognitive abilities.