{"id":1254,"date":"2018-07-27T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scandinavianknit.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2018-07-27T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T11:00:13","slug":"knitting-haven-psych-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scandinavianknit.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/27\/knitting-haven-psych-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting as a haven in psych services"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January\u00a02017 I began as a\u00a0volunteer at a psychiatric ward<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

I was invited by\u00a0S\u00f8ren Magnussen, a former patient\u00a0who devoted all his time to\u00a0bring different kind of small creative havens in the psychiatic wards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I came with my basket with yarn and knitting needles.<\/span><\/p>\n

I came without any expectations and knowing that when you are dealing with fx. very depressed people, its varying if\u00a0activities are\u00a0possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

I know. I’ve been depressed myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have experienced days where\u00a0it was impossible to lift my arms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Days that just have to go by hoping that the next day\u00a0would bring some oxygen and light.<\/span><\/p>\n

Days where the knitting was too unmanageable and other days where\u00a0the simple and monotonous movements of the knitting\u00a0needles was the one thing that just lifted me a little bit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just enough to make the day a little brighter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just enough to make my stroke my hand over the knitting and find that I was still here and that I had made something this day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The last year I have spend many hours in psychiatric wards with my basket.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And how do I do it?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

First of all – I can do it because S\u00f8ren and the hospital has made the it possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To me its first of all about people and the\u00a0presence that I can create around the knitting.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll find a place in the livingroom. Unpack the yarn and needle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes there is people in the room and most of the time\u00a0others will join us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some already know how to knit and some don’t.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some want to learn and others just want to sit next to us and be a part of our community<\/span><\/p>\n

Some have just been\u00a0admitted to hospital, others are are on their way home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But\u00a0right here and right now we are just people together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A little\u00a0sensory ball<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I have made a tiny ball, that you can knit in 2 hours. In that way you can finish you knitting even it you just learned to knit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You fill it with wool and a little lavender, in that way you can use the ball as a sensory ball that can get\u00a0you small\u00a0stimulation impulses from the good yarn and the\u00a0delicate fragrance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tiny impulses that might wake the senses in a quite and kind way?<\/span><\/p>\n

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