Research on Therapeutic Knitting
Latest Research
“Working with your hands makes you feel good…. we now know that the creative making process can be specifically harnessed to promote healing biologically, neurologically, behaviorally, and socially…. which has the power to transform people’s lives.”
The Research Behind Therapeutic Knitting
Learn about the results of knitting and compassion fatigue in nurses.
StitchLinks.com
For more about knitting and wellness, including a list of research studies about the health benefits of knitting: www.stitchlinks.com
The Craft Yarn Council Initiative
Project Knitwell is proud to participate in an initiative with the Craft Yarn Council on the therapeutic value of knitting.
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Face of Project Knitwell: Judy Hawkins
Meet Judy Hawkins, Client and Community Organizer at Bread for the City. Judy worked with Project Knitwell to bring knitting to Bread for the City to help women in need of ways to cope with difficult life experiences.
Face of Project Knitwell: Ann
“There is a lot of joy in knowing you have touched someone else and provided something new to their lives. However, the biggest reward is that they have touched you and expanded your life.” Ann first learned of Project Knitwell in 2014 through the Smith Center for...
Dads Knit Too!
Dads knit too! While we do knit with more moms than dads, our volunteers regularly report working with both parents of NICU and other pediatric patients. One of our volunteers at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) told us she offered to teach the mom and dad...
Face of Project Knitwell: Julia
Meet Julia. Julia is the mom of a 5 ½ year old son. She also has metastatic breast cancer, for which she receives chemo at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) every 3 weeks. A Project Knitwell volunteer has been teaching Julia to knit.