tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28747962.post2307072715557389920..comments2024-02-10T09:03:56.577+00:00Comments on Confessions of a YarnAddict: My StoryYarnAddictAnnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11020943864213494724noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28747962.post-2838844748811415312015-12-09T09:04:42.306+00:002015-12-09T09:04:42.306+00:00Thank you for sharing Bronchitikat. Winter is defi...Thank you for sharing Bronchitikat. Winter is definitely not a good time to try to come off anti-depressants. I'm much more prone to low moods during the autumn. November/December being my most dangerous months. I think it's because it's so dark/miserable weather. After Christmas I look forward to summer which helps. I need to move somewhere hot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28747962.post-51300175290570668062015-12-08T12:09:44.454+00:002015-12-08T12:09:44.454+00:00I learned to knit as a child and have knitted on a...I learned to knit as a child and have knitted on and off ever since - cardigans etc mostly. I have very long arms so it's the only way to get sleeves long enough.<br /><br />Then I had children so knitted jumpers for them for several years. When picture knits were 'in' during the 80s we each had one, the boys, husband and son, having trains on theirs.<br /><br />More recently I discovered sock knitting and knitted some for me. Mother was interested so I started knitting socks for her, then sister, niece, sister-in-law and, very occasionally, husband. Now I knit socks year round thus providing parcels of five or six pairs of socks for the women in the family.<br /><br />During the past two years I've taken up knitting sweaters again - for me mainly as I didn't have any that fitted. Something to do with weight gain being on antidepressants!<br /><br />I'm still on antidepressants, winter is not the time of year to try quitting, but have also knitted sweaters for Mum, husband and niece. The great thing about sweaters is that they take a month to six weeks to knit and they sit over your lap and keep you warm. The good thing about socks is that they take less than a week to knit and they don't smother you, so are ideal summer knitting projects.<br /><br />Then there are very few TV programmes which cannot be improved by the addition of some knitting - complexity depending on the degree of concentration required to follow the programme!<br /><br />At this time of year it can get a bit hectic, but I enjoy having something on the needles and get a bit 'itchy' when I haven't. Hmmm, what are the projects for January?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28747962.post-78282491005736893372015-12-08T05:02:14.925+00:002015-12-08T05:02:14.925+00:00Thank you Nicola for sharing your story. Yes lots ...Thank you Nicola for sharing your story. Yes lots of crafters have a similar story! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28747962.post-1543840947939217522015-12-07T19:23:36.495+00:002015-12-07T19:23:36.495+00:00I learnt to knit about 8 years ago while I was sig...I learnt to knit about 8 years ago while I was signed off work with what later turned out to be M.E./ Fibromyalgia. At first doctors wouldn't listen to me and said I was depressed, I had been before but knew this was different. I did later become depressed because of the illness but knitting helped me with that. I honestly credit learning to knit with saving my life. I don't know how I would have coped with chronic pain, exhaustion and brain fog if I didn't have some sort of creative outlet. I'm now much better and manage to work almost normally but I know if I don't pace myself and make time to knit I'll have a flare sooner or later. The online community was a life line when I was too ill to socialise in real life. It's amazing how many of us knitters and crafters have similar stories xxnicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627830816519718023noreply@blogger.com