Research on Therapeutic Knitting
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“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.”
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Knitting my Way Through Covid
By Diana Solymossy What would I do without my Coronavirus-quarantine-knitting? It’s keeping me sane! I love feeling productive, and the rhythmic click-click-click of knitting is soothing. Some of the first things that I knit were these Coronavirus stress balls. I...
A Look at Knitting in the Nook at Smith Center for Healing and the Arts*
Ann, a Project Knitwell volunteer, has worked with participants at several program sites including Street Sense, N Street Village, and the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts (Smith Center). An accomplished knitter, she is known for her intricately designed socks...
Programs on Hold
On March 13, 2020, Project Knitwell placed a hold on therapeutic knitting sessions in observance of the public health recommendations designed to decrease the spread of coronavirus. We will be contacting our volunteers and partners when this status changes.
Reading University Study on Knitting and Crochet
Do you like knitting or crocheting, regularly or even not so regularly? Would you like to take part in a study to explore the psychological effects from knitting and crocheting? If so, please participate in the Reading University study on knitting and crochet. The...