Here are 10 ways crafting with friends may improve mind and brain wellness:
- Mental challenge and problem solving
- Social connection
- Mindfulness
- Development of hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness and fine motor dexterity
- Learning and teaching
- Focusing attention and thoughts on a task
- Encouraging active creativity
- Gives a sense of pride and achievement
- Teaches patience and perseverance
- Facilitates memory formation and retrieval
Therapeutic Kniting: StitchLinks.com BOOK: Knit for Health and Wellness: http://www.knitforhealthandwellness.com/
- http://www.stitchlinks.com/index.html
- http://www.stitchlinks.com/education.html (in education)
- http://www.stitchlinks.com/your_health_matters.html (in health)
- http://www.stitchlinks.com/research1.html (completed studies)