[Nfb-krafters-korner] Amazon book

Wed Feb 27 20:17:23 UTC 2013

 I fell, Sunday night and hurt my knee, real bad.  If it were not for my knitting loom and talking to friends and of course the tv, I do not know how I would have made it past the last 2 days.  It still hurts to walk, but at least I am at work and on the mend.  Crafting kept my mind off my pains and made the day go faster and I also got something accomplished!
That book sounds great, Becky!
Terry P

-----Original Message-----
From: Theresa Taylor [mailto:tct71887 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Amazon book

This is so true. I often teach people who I counsel a craft to help give them an outlet.....crafting fulfills many of our needs.
Theresa

On Feb 26, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Becky Frankeberger wrote:

> Has crafting ever brought you out of a tough time? Often, the 
> meditative and creative
> 
> aspects of yarn crafts can be just what the doctor ordered when it 
> comes to coping
> 
> with grief, depression, or that funk you just haven't been able to 
> emerge from. Though
> 
> knitting and crochet are often looked at as lighthearted, serene 
> crafts, the emergence
> 
> of many crafting social groups over the last several years speaks to 
> the release
> 
> of both the craft and the social component that frequently comes along 
> with it. A
> 
> new book highlights the healing that can come from crochet.
> 
> Crochet Saved My Life
> 
> chronicles the journey of a college freshman coping with the usual 
> suspects-new
> 
> school, new state, new friends-as well as the far less familiar, 
> including the surprise
> 
> diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumor. Author Kathryn Vercillo 
> describes how she
> 
> found release from her anxiety and stress in the therapeutic nature of 
> each repetitive
> 
> stitch.
> 
> More than telling her own story, which includes the profound motion of 
> dropping a
> 
> knife from her wrist and picking up yarn instead, Vercillo also shares 
> the stories
> 
> of other men and women who have found solace in crochet and knitting, 
> as well as
> 
> the effects these crafts have on those with various mental and 
> physical conditions,
> 
> including anxiety, depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, 
> Post-Traumatic Stress
> 
> Disorder, schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis.
> 
> To learn more about the book,
> 
> click here
> 
> .
> 
> So many of us have found comfort in the stitches of knitting and crochet.
> Have these
> 
> yarn crafts gotten you through difficult times in your life?
> 
> 
> 
> Amazon book: 
> 
> Crochet Saved My Life
> 
> The Mental and Physical Health Benefits of Crochet
> 
> Authored by Kathryn Vercillo
> 
> Photographs by Julie Michelle
> 
> Crochet saves lives. It saved mine.
> 
> In the worst throes of depression I found myself sobbing on the 
> bathroom floor, the
> 
> tip of a kitchen knife pointed into my wrist. I was aching to break 
> the flesh and
> 
> bring the pain to an end. Through sheer force of will, I pried my own 
> desperate hands
> 
> open and replaced the knife with a crochet hook. Then I crocheted to 
> save my life.
> 
> In this book, you will get to know me through my story of depression 
> and healing.
> 
> And you will get to know other women as well. You will meet Aurore who 
> crochets to
> 
> stay in touch with reality as she deals with ongoing psychiatric 
> hallucinations.
> 
> You will meet Laurie who made a new life with crochet after years of a 
> life filled
> 
> with abuse. You will meet Tammy whose crochet helps her with the ups 
> and downs of
> 
> living with Chronic Lyme Disease. You will meet Liza who crochets 
> through the anxiety
> 
> of having temporary bouts of blindness caused by an undiagnosed health 
> condition.
> 
> Here are some of the things you will hear them say:
> 
> "When I crochet I don't think about how my body is now broken; I think 
> about how
> 
> I can create something beautiful and useful with my hook and either 
> yarn or thread."
> 
> -Vicki
> 
> "When I'm anxious, I feel like a hollow hull. Crocheting helps fill up 
> the void."
> 
> - Aurore
> 
> "I couldn't pay for therapy, but a few balls of crochet thread cost 
> less than $20
> 
> and provided me with many hours of crochet." - M.K.
> 
> "The feeling of the yarn and the rhythmic motions produced by 
> crocheting are very
> 
> quieting and help me regroup, recharge and become reconnected to my 
> inner self amidst
> 
> turmoil and confusion." - Aimee
> 
> "Crochet helps me put my pain on the back burner for a while. It takes 
> my focus away
> 
> from how I'm feeling and puts it in a more productive place". - Shelli
> 
> The two dozen women whose stories are shared in this book are the 
> women who hook
> 
> to heal. We are not alone. Studies shows that crocheters are numerous; 
> research and
> 
> anecdotal evidence show that people of all ages, from all walks of 
> life, with all
> 
> types of health conditions may find healing through their hooks and yarn.
> Join us
> 
> on our journey.
> 
> Publication Date:
> 
> Jul 01 2012
> 
> ISBN/EAN13:
> 
> 1478190450 / 9781478190455
> 
> Page Count:
> 
> 304
> 
> Binding Type:
> 
> US Trade Paper
> 
> Trim Size:
> 
> 6.69" x 9.61"
> 
> Language:
> 
> English
> 
> Color:
> 
> Black and White
> 
> 
> 
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