Stitchlinks to open Knit Fit! Seattle
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The fourth annual Knit Fit! - Seattle's indie knitting festival - returns in November 2015. Stitchlinks' Betsan Corkhill will be opening the show with a presentation on knitting for health and wellness.
The aim of Knit Fit! is to contribute to building the local knitting community by connecting great designers and teachers with students, providing a venue for indie crafters and fiber lovers to meet, and being a place where knitters of any skill level can feel comfortable advancing their craft and making new connections.
The opening night of the show, Friday, November 13 will see Betsan Corkhill take to the stage to present her ideas on knitting for health and wellness, followed by a book signing.
Knit for Health and Wellness will take a look at the ‘why' and ‘how' knitting is so good for you.
Knitters around the world know that knitting makes them feel good. This talk looks at the science behind these claims and shows you how you can use this knowledge to use knitting as an effective, portable tool to deliberately improve your wellbeing, help you to manage change, life's inevitable problems, stress and even medical conditions.
Whether you are interested in your own general health or helping others to improve theirs, this talk will enable you to build on the benefits of knitting to live a happier, more fulfilled life.
About Betsan
Betsan Corkhill is the recognised world expert on the use of Therapeutic Knitting for improving health, wellness or managing stress and illness. She is founder of Stitchlinks - the home of Therapeutic Knitting, and global support network for those who enjoy the therapeutic benefits of craft.
Betsan's book, Knit for Health and Wellness: How to knit a flexible mind and more pulls together her knowledge, research and clinical expertise to share with you a different, exciting approach to being well whether you are fit and healthy or living with a medical condition.
As a direct result of the ongoing work that Betsan is doing with academics and clinicians, therapeutic knitting and therapeutic knitting groups are being formally acknowledged by leading clinicians and academics for their benefits in mainstream healthcare.
Establishing an even greater evidence-base for the use of Therapeutic
Knitting as a tool for wellbeing and health management could ensure a
thriving future for the knitting industry which is independent of market
and fashion trends worldwide.
ActSmart are wholly committed to supporting Stitchlinks research and benefits to personal wellbeing and the creative industry. ActSmart makes a contribution from every creative business's subscription towards Stitchlinks.