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Pleasure and mastery in creativity: One line at a time
Drawing on ideas from CBT, this post explores how pleasure and mastery in creativity can support mental health. Through a one-line yarn portrait, Paula reflects on progress, accomplishment, and the quiet satisfaction of creating something new.
Tired of overthinking? Pick up your knitting needles!
Feeling stuck in your head? Knitting for overthinking offers a soothing, mindful way to quiet your thoughts and find calm through creativity.
How creativity can protect you from burnout
Feeling overwhelmed or exhausted? Creativity could be your secret weapon. From mindful knitting to everyday acts of making, discover how creative play can help you rest, reconnect, and recover from burnout.
Journal Club: Knitting for anxiety and compassion fatigue
Dr Mia Hobbs and Dr Paula Redmond discuss research into knitting as an intervention for nurses to help with anxiety and compassion fatigue.
How and why knitting benefits our mental health
The Creative Restoration model of how and why knitting benefits our mental health – through emotional regulation and social connection.
Knitting as Play: Sketchbook Circle Series, Part 7
One of the gifts of knitting is to facilitate play – which in turn offers opportunities for experimentation, creativity, joy and connection.
8 reasons Taskmaster is my favourite show to watch with teens and tweens
I’m a child psychologist – here are 8 reasons Taskmaster is my favourite show to watch with teens and tweens.
Flow and rest in Unfolding Parallel Landscapes: Sketchbook Circle Series, Part 6
Flow and rest are both so important in preventing burnout. Paula describes a stitching project that helped her find both.
Books about knitting and mental health
A list of books about knitting and mental health, ranging from more academic textbooks, to personal narratives, to pattern books.
