Students use knitting and crocheting as a fun hobby

Junior Madison Koester began crocheting when her sister brought home some yarn from a Girl Scouts project. Koester uses the hobby to make things for her friends. Usually, [my friends] think it’s pretty cool because I don’t have any friends that can crochet, so they’re like, ‘Oh, can you make me this,’” Koester said. Koester has crocheted several projects, her favorite of which being based...

Grace Cormany Sophomore Grace Cormany found her passion for knitting last year in a crafting class. “I took a class with Mrs. Ellis and she had me [knit],” Cormany said. Knitting helps Cormany relax and relieve her anxieties after a anxious day at school. “It’s really calming, especially after a stressful day,” Cormany said. “If you just light a good candle and you start, it’s really...

Sophomore Ella Edwards discovered her hobby of crocheting at the beginning of COVID. “It was more of just a hobby I picked up when COVID kind of first started,” said Edwards. Crocheting has been a way for Edwards to create something while using her hands and gives her some- thing to work on outside of school. “It gives my hands things to do, when I’m needing something to do.” Edwards explains...

Junior Sean Olin began knitting in middle school, after being inspired by his family’s enthusiasm for the hobby. “I got into it because my sibling was really good at knitting,” Olin said. “My grandma had to babysit us during the summers and she was like, ‘An activity that two of our children are into and I can do? We’re going all-in on this.’” Olin enjoys that can allow him to pass...