How Craft is Good for Our Health
I have to admit, I am always attracted to articles that share the science behind what I know deep down to be true: the work I do with my hands is good for my soul. I know that sitting down with needle and thread calms me, gives me the same reflective mood that mediation can, helps me get into a “zone” that almost nothing else in my life can. Sometimes, this is hard to explain to those who are not stitchers. I have a somewhat standard line. “Needlework in my life is what ga