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Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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    Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 10:13am
Just joined and getting the feel of the club, my pen pal posted the article for  Di Gilpins knitting network showing in Country Living magazine so I thought I would come and join you, and I am glad I did. I have an on going illness called crohn's disease, and it has kept me at home allot, and I have used my knitting to get me through the days. Its great therapy and now I have started designing knitted pincushions, so you can imagine I always have my needles at hand. bye for now.
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Joined: 06 Feb 2008
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Posts: 7 		  Quote ellie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 12:15pm
Hi Jolee - welcome!  I know a lttle bit about your illness and how debilitating and isolating it can be.  Knitting is, as you say, great therapy - it's got me through some bad times too. 
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Hi my intuition tells me that knitting is one of the most therapeutic ways to help yourself. I know from experience that on every level it can be beneficial. Really glad that you have taken up knitting and are finding this out too....any questions just email them in...all the best di
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P.S I love you're icon ......let us know what you have been knitting and what your fav raves are!
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Hi All, I'm new here and I knit for therapy also.
It is so relaxing, motivating, challenging, inspiring, etc.
It's even like a meditation for me.
It helps me deal with the pain better.
I'm so excited - going to try the Cable/Seed Top pattern again.
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Posts: 78 		  Quote Di Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Mar 2009 at 2:34pm
I am going to check out the cable seed pattern right now! Glad you are knitting it again...I must confess it is the meditative side of knitting that I particularly love and I am thrilled that people are talking more openly about the therapeutic side. For me knitting offers just about everything...it can be social, but also solitary when you need to be. It is creative and fun. It is about sharing and giving. It is practical and useful. Elegant and fantastic. Meditative and calming. Time out for yourself in a mad world. Forget politics..take up knitting!
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