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We saw everyone around (including us) getting busier on the gadgets, with the increasing influence of social media and easier access to internet on mobile phones . The teenagers and young adults were also experiencing the negative impacts of excessive use of the above. As parents we were worried.
As an experiment, a young mathematician, took two teenagers to the East Coast Park Beach, in Singapore. Her search for an engaging, creative, easy to carry and low cost activity beautifully ended when working with the Crochet hook (our magic wand), some yarn and focused quality time gave those teens a sense of achievement, pride and happiness.
On delving deep, we found various therapeutic benefits of this practice including improved cognitive skills, memory, hand-eye coordination, reduced stress and anxiety, dementia prevention (in the elderly) to name a few.
Crochet turns out to be an Activity Based Meditation which is easy to learn irrespective of age, gender, physical or mental abilities. even people who find it hard to sit still and meditate have been able to find it easy to pick up the crochet stick and concentrate.
We (group of Happy Weavers) believe we can weave happiness with this magic wand and in the process raise awareness about many positive side effects of this hobby like joy of creation, building communities, personalizing gifts, reducing stress and battling depression and anxiety to name a few.
With that in mind we are hosting various workshops aimed at children, young adults, adults who are young at heart, kids with learning disabilities, bedridden patients, domestic helpers with specific projects to suit each group.
With passing years and a growing community and interest groups, we have continued to add modalities like Macrame, Craft, Sewing, Converting Trash into trasure sustainability initiatives and more.
Let’s utilize the interest in these skills to start a dialogue and work towards awareness of mental health issues and simple tools for example crochet, as it’s cures.