College is a weird phase in your life. During these few years, there’s a lot pressure for you go through emotionally, physically, financially,and academically!Knitting is one of the least expensive and most rewarding skills. Everyone can learn it, enjoy it and even earn from it.

Overall, this is a very healthy and beneficial hobby for students and provides relief from their stressful academic dilemmas.

1. Stress Relief

College tends to get scared every now and then. Assignments, quizzes, social life, and relaxation. There’s only so much that one can manage time for! Amidst all the mess, you need a calming activity.

Knitting is a soothing, relaxing hobby that doesn’t stress your brain or body. You can pick up your needle and yarn anytime you’re feeling too irritated or frustrated. Just sit back, relax, and knit away while pondering over your thoughts!

2.You Don’t Waste Your Time or Money

Weekend parties are indeed tempting and seem to be a lot of fun. Most of you probably go to parties every week, and perhaps return with a monstrous headache. While parties can be cathartic, they’re not as healthy as you might want to believe. Too many people, too much drama, and two wasted days of the week!

As an alternative, hobbies like knitting are a more therapeutic way to treat yourself on weekends. It’s a hobby that you can practice during your free time and steadily excel at.

3.Lessens Screen Time

Instead of picking up your phone whenever you’re free, the knitting hobby is a healthier way to kill time. Scrolling through your news feed reduces your attention span and even deteriorates your mental health.

On the other hand, knitting improves creativity, focus, and enriches positive vibes. It’s also less harsh for your eyes than the blinking screen!

Learning to knit is a lot of fun, and it's not as difficult as you might think.Before you start knitting, get your knitting tools ready. We need to know something about them.

1.Yarn

Cheaper isn't necessarily better when it comes to yarn for your first project, either. This is because cheap yarns are often scratchy and uncomfortable to work with and to wear.

Touch the different yarns that fit your needs. Pick something that looks good and feels good, something that will make you smile when you work with it and wear it.

2.Needles

Don't buy bargain-basement yarn for your first project, but it is okay to save some money on your first set of needles.

There are many, many different kinds of needles available, in a dizzying array of materials, from aluminum to rosewood, casein to bamboo.

It's fine to buy either aluminum or plastic needles, choose the store has in the size you need.

3.Scissors

In order to cut the excess yarn from your project, you need a pair of scissors. You can buy a special pair of crafting scissors if you want or a simple pair of school scissors.

There's no fancy cutting required in knitting, so if it can snip a piece of yarn, it will work.

4.Sewing Needles

Sewing needles are helpful for weaving in the ends of your knitting project and for sewing together pieces of a garment, such as putting the arms on a sweater.

Once you have the basic tools and skills, it's time to pick your first project. Scarves are a great place to begin because they're so long that it forces you to really get to know the basic stitches.'

Also, dishcloths are fun and quick projects that simply require you to knit a flat square. They're both also useful projects and keeping your finished knitwear in your line of sight is a great motivation to keep knitting.