Craft as Therapy

Whew! We survived our 30^th birthday celebrations, and are now back crafting as if our lives depended on it. Actually, crafting is what we do best, and whilst we enjoyed our birthday, it’s great to get back to those knitting needles, crochet hooks, embroidery flosses, and the ever-growing stashes of fabric and yarn.

If you ask a crafter what they love about crafting, chances are most of them will mention at some point that it is “like a friend, who you can sit down and spend time with” and “like therapy, where the rest of the world and all its stresses and responsibilities disappear for a while”. Pretty much, we all feel happy when we are crafting.


And here are some of the results of that time spent in “therapy".

This time of year is a great time for crafting – it is cold outside, but the place we go to do our craft is usually nice and cosy. Every now and then, you can emerge from the craft cocoon for a nice cuppa, before heading back there.


We’ve produced any number of scarves, beanies, socks, mittens and bedsocks – not all of them are pink!

We have cardigans, jumpers, and gloves, for all ages.

We have an enormous sense of pride and satisfaction from creating these things that we hope other people will enjoy, almost as much as we enjoyed creating them.

But best of all, we are getting back our sanity, from spending quality time with our “friend” and “therapy”, craft.