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What can crochet do for me?
Home » Arts & Crafts » Why Crochet? » What can crochet do for me?Crochet, like all handicrafts, is a stress reliever. Those who prefer seeing something practical (as opposed to jewelry or art) come from their work will enjoy this, one of the easiest crafts. Note that it is not necessarily "easy" to learn, but it is comparatively so.
Crocheters find that crochet offers them a method of using their hands, of relaxing their body, without taxing their minds. People in highly physical, stressful jobs (like football or the army) often crochet. You can also be doing something productive while you watch TV, travel (safer than knitting—no needles to potentially stab you in the event of a quick stop or accident), et cetera.
Some projects are also highly portable. Often, all you have to do is tighten the loop on your hook, stick your hook's handle into your ball of yarn, and drop your ball of yarn into your bag. Small projects, or ones done in pieces (like a granny square afghan), can be easily worked on while waiting in a doctor's office or while waiting for a child to get out of school.
If you do some yarn-shopping to find good deals, crochet provides a cost-effective way of getting those 100% cotton dishcloths, those beautiful scarves and ponchos, and other things. (Note: the nubs in crochet fabric make crochet dishcloths work very well, and part of the dishcloth can start falling apart without it all doing so, though you should start replacing them when they start wearing through.)
Crochet can allegedly help the fingers of people with arthritis from stiffening too much, and some claim that it helps to prevent Alzheimer's disease, since some studies have suggested that a lack of physical and/or mental activity increase Alzheimer's development.
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