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September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

Crocheting: hobbies heal

At 21, I was a recent graduate with seemingly no direction for the future and no outlet for my many innocuous but slightly expensive hobbies: sewing, singing in choirs, painting in my free time.

It takes money to enjoy what I love, and so I found myself quitting one activity after another during a fruitless job search. The more hobbies I quit, however, the farther away a happy life appeared.

At 24, I am in a stable place, and am slowly rediscovering the joy that comes with lighting my creative spark and seeing it before me; in a painting, in a song, or in some new, undiscovered way.

A new way come to me over this past weekend’s visit to my mom’s, where I inherited a nice stash of new yarn and knitting needles.

I added these to my pile of knitting and crochet needles I had picked up during college….

…..which actually joined a pile of needles and yarn I inherited in 2005 from my deceased grandma.

As it turns out, I possess a giant stash of crocheting and knitting materials. It was time to relearn how to crochet!

I managed to crochet 16 inches of a scarf during the car ride back home, and discovered something new about myself. My mind was calm, my hands were busy, and I could speak clearer and without my usual regular state of low anxiety.

Have you ever encountered yourself picking up a new skill that just seems to heal you?

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