10 reasons to love knitting

It keeps you sharp

Ever tried to write or change a pattern? Knitting maths is no joke. And just the mental concentration, attention to detail and hand-eye coordination needed to follow a series of different kinds of knitting patterns should help to keep the brain healthy and (one day in future!) ward off dementia. For extra knitting puzzles to stretch your brainpower, go for patterns with complex Fair Isle, twists or cables, help teach a beginner to knit, rescue a project gone terribly wrong, or keep learning advanced techniques like the magic loop or moebius knitting.