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This is such a perfect list that I couldn't resist sharing it.... Perfect for persuading your professor to let you knit while in class perhaps?

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25 WAYS KNITTING AND STITCHING CAN HELP RELIEVE STRESS


Slow down thought processes enabling you to think more clearly

Stop cycles of stressful thoughts – useful to use before sleep

Enhance problem solving enabling you to look at problems from all angles

Facilitate mindful meditation – you don’t worry about the past or fret about the future

Facilitate relaxation – necessary for bringing down high levels of stress hormones

Distract – focus your mind away from problems

Enable you to escape into the sanctuary of a quiet mind, giving your mind a break

Encourage positive thought cycles helping to break negativity

Improve mood and help to manage the worry associated with stress

Improve feelings of loneliness/isolation if you've been over working

Teach patience and perseverance – you don’t have to rush at everything

Improve feelings of helplessness – stress is greater if you feel there’s nothing you can do

Raise self esteem and confidence so you feel better equipped to manage stress

Enable you to experience excitement, anticipation and achievement again

Teach planning and goal setting so you become better organised

Involve you in the outside world – opening up an alternative avenue away from stress

Take them anywhere – their portability means you can deal with stress any time

Improve communication skills – build communication networks at work and outside

Help in peak stress times before deadlines or presentations

Introduce enjoyment and fun into life, so life becomes more than work and stress

Enable you to make friends at work or outside through groups

Occupy you on your commute to work, so you arrive calm and collected

Put you back in control

Calm – great tools for workplace stress

Encourage you to look forward to tomorrow