I'm torn between knitting, the urge to write, and, at the same time, an absolute need to do nothing at all. It's been this way for over a year now. There was a stretch when just the thought of having to get up and go to work would send me into...

There was a time when I was waiting for a yarn delivery the way a child waits for Christmas. And writing this article felt a bit like trying to untangle a pile of threads in the dark. Somewhere during that period, I realized just how much space knitting had actually taken over in my life. It wasn’t just a hobby – it was an anchor, a harbor, a quiet place… something that helped me keep my feet on the ground while everything around and inside me was absolute chaos. In the moments when I was at my worst -and surprisingly to me, they lasted quite a long time –…

A few years ago, we were on a trip to Norway, it was around Christmas time and for the first time I saw people wearing these gorgeous sweaters and hand knitted mittens with different patterns, loose, and it felt like everyone was wearing them – in the city, along the pathways, in the mountains. I remember that back then, it didn’t even crossed my mind that I could knit something like that, it seemed like actual rocket science to me. I told myself, ok, I will have to learn how to knit and I made the big mistake that probably many people in my position make – I started…