Comments on: Crochet Spot Not Working?!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:23:23 +0000

Thanks everyone for the support and for sharing your stories
I hope you feel better soon Ria!

By: RIA

RIA — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:03:25 +0000

Rachel – I’ve been crocheting since I was five years old… often during stressful times. I took crochet to the first Gulf war with me, and crocheted an entire scarf during a scud missile attack, but yesterday was the biggie for me, yesterday I had to go to the hospital, the emergency room, my doctor thought I may have meningitis, and I needed an IV and a spinal tap and lots of other very scary and very uncomfortable procedures for 8 hours before they finally released me as meningitis free. In the midst of all the chaos I asked my husband to go out to the car and see if my crochet bag was there still from the day before… he thought I was crazy but he went, it was, and he brought it back to me… with an IV, through a spinal tap, in and out of CAT scans, I crocheted. I was almost manic about it. But it kept me from freaking out and it kept me from crying, and when we left the hospital I had 10 of your lovely roses and 20 leaves (I make varigated ones) to go with them finished.
You are not the only one who crochets through stress. I think we should teach it it mental hospitals to anxiety patients. Personally.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:05:09 +0000

Glad that it’s up and working again- and yes- crocheting does relieve stress. I’ve been watching the Yankees blow a 6-0 lead to the Red Sox and started crocheting to relieve the stress- finished a baby ghan I had been working on and then made a dishcloth!

By: Harold

Harold — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:12:51 +0000

Now Rachel, take a deep breath my friend. Keep crocheting. It’ll get better.