Korki can be said to be: the process of weaving is very similar to the process of healing for regulating mental states and thoughts.
Studies have shown that knitting sweaters have the role of preventing and curing diseases while beautifying life. In a way, weaving is good for balancing the mind and body. People engage in long-term work such as monotony or nervous busyness, which can easily cause fatigue; But instead of thinking about problems while working, it feels different. When knitting a sweater, because thinking while knitting, you can not only relieve fatigue, but also stabilize your mood.
It can be said that weaving can bring warmth to others while healing us, and has a powerful healing function.
"Hand-knitting" reduces mild cognitive impairment
In 2011, a joint study by the Mayo Clinic, Rice University and Wheaton University proposed that handicrafts have a therapeutic effect, and that activities such as handicrafts such as weaving and patchwork will reduce mild cognitive dysfunction later in life, and students at the University of North Carolina at Asheville have also confirmed the reliability of this theory.
Student Caroline Kelly, who suffers from anxiety, said knitting helped her relieve her anxiety. "I started learning to knit in a book when I was in fourth grade and saw a simple up and down needle. Later, when I got to college, I had an anxiety disorder, so I wanted to find something to do because I needed my hands to stop and I needed something to calm me down. I got back to the weave again and it felt good. ”
Riley Schatz, a freshman majoring in theater, says knitting has helped her improve on the motor neuron problems she's been facing since she was a child. "I had motor neuron problems when I was young and my hands had to be treated for occupational therapy." (Editor's Note: Occupational therapy is a kind of use of specific activities to assist and restore various physical or mental diseases, and is a way to alleviate and alleviate the impact of people with developmental disorders or social functioning disorders on them, so that they can obtain maximum independence in life.) "My hand strength is so small that I can't even hold the pencil right." Riley said. Later I learned to knit and it helped me significantly improve my agility and motor skills. ”
"Hand-knitting" prevents and treats depression
Moments when you are so thoroughly attracted to an activity that nothing else seems to have an effect on you anymore.
From: Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's theory of "flow"
Jacqui Fink, an Australian mum of three, has regained hope in life by knitting handmade items from giant sweaters, not only achieving her dreams but also coming out of the haze of postpartum depression.
In a study of 3,500 sweaters published in the British Journal of Occupational Physiotherapy, 81 percent of people with depression who responded reported feeling happy knitting, with more than 50 percent saying they were "very happy." The "reward" given by hand is far more than the happiness of the process, when looking at their own works or being praised by relatives, people will be stimulated by the happiness of dopamine more times.
Some of the friends who weave the life forum also shared their stories with us:
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My mother-in-law had a situation, she always said that I had a master key, stole her things, and talked about it every time, so that someone misunderstood me, and I was difficult to distinguish and depressed, although my husband believed in me, but why not his parents. There was no way but to find a way to get rid of it myself. Busyness is the best way to heal the wounds, so as soon as I have time, I will knit clothes, thus distracting my attention, no longer thinking about it, even so, at that time, every piece of clothing woven at that time still seeped into my tears, but I did not let myself stop, I kept knitting, always imagining that my son was so handsome and handsome in the sweater I knitted, how good it should be! When I learned of my mother-in-law's paranoia, I also suffered from depression, and my mood was very low at that time, I had no interest in doing anything but knitting sweaters, and whenever I thought about leaving this world, I would think that if I was gone, who would knit sweaters for my son like I did? Who cares about his warmth and cold, thinking of knitting sweaters I will feel that I have not knitted enough, I must live well, knit more and more beautiful sweaters, to my relatives, just like this, I look forward to a better future, deliberately adjust my mentality, coupled with the thoughtfulness of my husband, took us out of the city where we once lived, and now my condition has improved, although now my mother-in-law's condition is still not very good, but I don't care anymore, I often think: In the darkness, God gave me such a hobby, It was only to get me through such a difficult time, and without weaving, I dare not imagine what I would be like now.
- Bamboo needles
Before getting married, Knitting clothes for my family to wear, living with my in-laws after marriage, all kinds of contradictions, forbearance, people are almost depressed, the feelings of husband and wife are also very bad, my mother-in-law is idle, like to rummage through my drawers, cabinets, and bags sent to me by others. Later, I found that it was better to knit sweaters with friends and family until my heart was quiet. Living separately from your in-laws is the wisest choice, and the relationship has eased up a lot. Now I occasionally share my knitting experience in some forums. Knitting heals wounds!
——The good times I had with Xiaoyu
"Hand-knitting" affects rehabilitation medicine
Hand-knitting has entered people's sights as a tool with therapeutic value. Hand knitting therapy plays an important role in rehabilitation, and a study by Eastern University of Finland surveyed 92 hand-weavers concluded that hand-knitting can reduce physical pain and stress, can make the mind cool, and functional hand-knitting is more therapeutic than ordinary hand-knitting.
Improves cognitive abilities
By analyzing the relationship between the level of hand-knitting skills and age, it is found that the proficiency of hand-knitting can improve the cognitive ability of the elderly, and after further research, hand-knitting activities can improve the quality of life of the elderly population and reduce the incidence of geriatric diseases.
Contributes to the rehabilitation of mental illness
A 1997 study noted that hand-knitting can stop the withdrawal of chronic schizophrenia and promote recovery from mental illness.
Another study in 2002 showed that hand-knitting is conducive to mental patients to exercise and improve their thinking, reduce ideological pressure and cooperate with clinical treatment; it is also conducive to improving the decline symptoms of mental illness and the relief of negative symptoms, thereby reducing the amount of psychotropic drugs; it can make patients feel monotonous and closed hospitalization become colorful, self-life value has been reflected, safe hospitalization, enhance self-confidence, and get a comprehensive recovery faster. At the same time, it has a significant role in promoting the rehabilitation of patients with chronic decline type psychosis.
Improves brain structure
In 1997, Stewart and Cohen proposed the idea that occupational therapies such as hand knitting can reshape the brain, and in the concept of the mechanism of action of hand knitting, hand weaving can promote the recovery of hand and foot function in hand surgery patients by improving the working mode of the brain.
A 2000 study looked at changes in the hippocampal region of the subjects' brains and concluded that environmental changes such as hand-knitting can affect the structure of the brain. Rhesus monkey experiments show that the early events of growth have a sustained effect on brain changes, so guardians can change the baby's living environment through hand-knitting therapy, thereby improving the baby's brain structure.
There are also many friends who have expressed their views on weaving:
Lulu the cat: I am a patient with moderate anxiety and depression, my only hobby is weaving, and all kinds of colorful yarns give people a very healing feeling. When weaving, people become calm and time slows down.
Sheng Yuxuan Copper Pot Shabu: When he was ten years old, he and his sister learned to hook and hat, and since then they have fallen in love with weaving. After getting married, I learned to hook shoes, and when I opened a restaurant, I hooked it to my friends and relatives when I was idle. A few years later, my husband went to work in other restaurants (to learn from other people's experience), I opened a small shop by myself, and many people came to me every day to learn and work, and the business was very good. The small shop has been open for more than three years, and these three years are my happiest time, when I told my friends that "how happy it is to do my hobby as a career" at that time, I wanted to make it bigger, but my husband had to continue to open a restaurant, I could only follow him. Now that my house is full of threads, I knit hats, scarves, small shoes in my spare time... For friends and family (life goes on and
Dark Incense (Psychological Counselor): Weaving does have a healing effect, my clients have been suggested by me to start learning to weave, from hands-on to concentration to heart-hand connection, focusing on self-attention, psychological adjustment is quietly changing...
Tsuen Zhi Qingqing: My special "home", there are few social activities in life, and I rarely choose TV dramas that I can watch. So I fell in love with handmade, like bead strings, weaving, and sewing for a living when I was young. Now I'm in love with crochet again. Learn to hook various dolls on the Internet, and live one more way to play. I don't have many works, but anyone who sees them will love them. By the way, my waist and legs are not good, but since I bought a movable recliner, I can lie very comfortable and do handicrafts, and I will not be unfaithful to the cervical and lumbar vertebrae, and more importantly, I will not delay listening to audio such as hundreds of pulpits such as music and poetry, modern life is too good! I often think of the scene when I begged my mother for a small piece of wool and a small piece of rag, and now many of the things I knit are not practical, such as making several triangular shoulders, which are useful in this hot Guangdong Naoki! Now I'm hooking a valuable shawl for my high school granddaughter, fantasizing about her going to college.
If a song could get me you: Weaving is really a woman's medicine for all kinds of tests. Every time I see me hooking and knitting, colleagues and friends will say, I have made so much, I have not seen you wear. But my pleasure lies in the knitting process of stitch by stitch, hooked, finished, I am happy, as for who wears the sweater, it does not matter. So, as long as I can still see and pick up the needle, I will continue to knit
Jiang Yaya: Since the birth of his son, he has beaten two sets of small sweaters, and he has been constantly beating sweaters of all ages, and his various sweaters are also beaten by himself. Since the late 90s due to busy work and my son does not need to wear a sweater when he grows up, he has not played a sweater for 20 years, and after retirement, he likes knitting from the scarf, and now he starts to play for his little grandson! Sometimes it's fun to hit a sweater!
Lilies: Hand-knitting is the best and practical way to relieve boredom and boredom!
During the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home epidemic weaving is the best way to relieve boredom and not get bored. I disassembled and modified the two sets of my late mother's (originally woven by me) shirts and skirts, and the group only disassembled the group head part and changed the neckline, and then knitted the sleeves to become Mr. Jumper's jumper, the original top can be changed to a vest, and the old thing is replaced with a new look. Can use the brain to make the best use of things to reduce the probability of dementia in the elderly, have a sense of achievement, have new clothes to wear, and weave is indeed the best way to promote the current home epidemic prevention and anti-boring, anti-boring way to promote it to everyone.
If you are troubled, you may wish to pick up the needle and yarn,
According to their own imagination or need to "fly needles and threads",
The beautiful pattern that appears in front of your eyes will make you feel relaxed,
At this time, you will find that
The healing system of weaving is more powerful than you think!
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