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Crafting — which includes knitting, pottery and jewelry-making — attracts some people because of the mental health benefits of a soothing, repetitive motion. A large survey found a strong association between frequent knitting and feeling “calm and happy.”

washingtonpost.comWhy crafting is good for your brain, according to scienceKnitters and other crafters say busy hands quiet their minds. But experts say there are also benefits for cognition.

25/10/26, 8:00 pm27 reposts86 likes

SoylentOrange

@soylentorange.bsky.social

Gee, you mean people are happy when they get to engage in an act of creativity and creation that isn't being ruthlessly commercialized? Who woulda' guessed? 🙄 Modern media is so brain-rotted by "grind-set" capitalism it keeps getting surprised learning about "unoptimized" basic human emotions.

Thomas Boysen Anker

@thomasboysenanker.bsky.social

I’m afraid the knitting pathway to relaxation and calm isn’t open to me. But ironing seems to be doing the job for me…