Age Old Skill Cures Stress

There exists an age old skill that will help cure:

• depression

• stress

• excess weight problems

and above all will stimulate all the positive neurons in your brain, which may be wandering aimlessly, into a happy place :-)

There's nothing like a touch of creativity to give your seratonin levels a boost. Even if you want to 'create' a clean and tidy house, once it's done, you feel soooo good!

Just in case you think you're not creative, consider what you do every day; creating healthy meals, giving a job your best shot, parenting... and so on. Creativity is all around, although unfortunately we don't always have 'time' to tune in to it.

The time thing can be looked at though; If you added up the time you spend watching TV for example, you'd probably be surprised how many hours you sit doing nothing every week!

So back to the age-old skill that will sort out a few issues... Knitting!

Knitting used to be a male dominated craft - fishermen in some parts of the world still knit their own jumpers. Women took over at some point, but there is no logical reason why this skill can't be enjoyed by everyone who is capable of handling a couple of needles and a length of yarn.

Knitting is simply creating a series of slip knots in the right order. There are only two basic stitches involved - knitting into the front of the stitch or (purling) into the back of the stitch. That's it.

If you're starting out and have just learned to knit, try out The Ekokid dolls. They've been specifically designed for beginners and can be made in super quick time! No time to get bored in fact... :-)

Happy Knitting!

Linda x