Knitting

Thank you once again for sharing such an inspiring post @Judi9877

I have my knitting out right now in an attempt to bring my sh under control and it's all thanks to you and your inspiration.

I have closed myself off from the family and retreated to my bedroom and I am here with the blanket I keep returning to that is for my grandson in his footy team olours.

Later today we will be sharing our postponed Thanksgiving dinner with my other son and his family but for now I need to calm down, relax, breathe and knit away....

Hi @Eve7

I'm so glad that you had found comfort and solace in your knitting instead of resorting to self harm. Well done forumite👍🏻⭐️! I will admit that at times of stress, I find the knitting of beanies helps settle me down as I know the pattern off by heart and it brings me comfort just doing the simple pattern of k2, p2 for 106 stitches for 10 rows as I have to be in silence when I do this part of the beanie in order to concentrate! Beanies are calming for me and I know that it's important for me to have a pair of 4.5mm knitting needles in my self care toolkit along with some wool whenever stressful times happen, which has been fairly often this past few weeks, especially this past week with the house move. See below for the beanie I just finished this morning.

For the past few hours, including last night, I've found comfort in working on a crochet blanket for charity using a 4mm crochet hook. I've just found the whole house move stressful on myself and I wasn't coping very well at all so I decided to pick up the crochet hook instead of the knitting needles for a change of activity and it has worked which is great. The whole thing of counting stitches and the movement of the crochet hook makes me feel relaxed and I can forget about what's bothering me in my daily life for a little while. It sure beats taking a tablet to help me calm down which is a bonus as at least I'm producing something of value for a charity recipient and that's what's important to me.

I look forward to seeing what you produce with your knitting if you wish to share it here!

Judi9877☺️🧶🌸

Ohhh @Judi9877 I love the colours my friend xx

@Gwynn , @Eve7 , @Anastasia , @Former-Member xoxo

@Judi9877Trying to stay safe doing this

Love it @Eve7 although should be black and yellow 😜

Haha @Anastasia This gs follows the Titans!

It will be a treasure @Eve7

You are a gem 💎 on so many levels x

Aww thank you @Anastasia I have had a lovely time this evening with Miss 4 while she wore my jewellery and my make up. I do hope you get a granddaughter one day...they are so different to boys!

That's a bit cute @Eve7 💕

I love that you've enjoyed your night with her.

Congratulations @Eve7, your blanket looks fantastic!