Author: EmmaClaire
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Craft and Wellbeing Research
– Rosie Heape, 27th June 2019 Rosie is a Psychology Graduate from the University of Southampton, and aspiring Health Psychologist, who ran a study investigating the relationship between creative hobbies and wellbeing as her 3rdyear research project. Creative hobbies can be therapeutic in clinical populations, such as eating…
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Powercraft: lunch-time craft session for staff
Louise Smith – 24th April 2019 Louise is an Occupational Therapist in the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust How many times have your work colleagues said ‘Let’s get together for a ‘crafty ‘evening soon!’ And then times goes on, life goes on ….and it just doesn’t happen. That was us, a…
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Knitting My Mind Back Together
– Christy Grace Collins, March 16th 2019 When I learned to knit at the age of six, I had no idea it would become an important therapy later in life. I just loved it. Six concussions later (from figure skating) and a slew of post concussive symptoms ranging from slurring…
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The knitting artifact: Neuroscience and knitting
A look at the weird and wonderful academic articles that have been published about knitting.
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The art of self-care: social butterfly or solo venture?
Emma writes about knitting in the pub and solo-crafting, and how they might promote wellbeing.
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Changing perspectives on our research
On using public input to change our research plan, and getting back to basics.
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Knitting at the Winter Olympics
Knitting on and off the slopes was popular with athletes as a way of relaxing. We wonder why that might be.
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As our project is about including a community of contributors, we don’t want to be the only ones writing on the blog.
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