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A 2009 University of British Columbia study of women with an eating disorder who were taught to knit found that learning the craft led to significant improvements.
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Betsan Corkhill, a wellness coach in Bath, England, and author of the book Knit for Health and Wellness, established a website, Stitchlinks, to explore the value of what she calls therapeutic knitting.
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For example, Karen Hayes, a life coach in Toronto, conducts knitting therapy programs, including Knit to Quit to help smokers give up the habit, and Knit to Heal for people coping with health crises, like a cancer diagnosis or serious illness of a family 
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My mother had taught me to knit at 15, and I knitted in class throughout college and for a few years thereafter.
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The Craft Yarn Council reports that a third of women ages 25-35 now knit or crochet.
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