Knitting is good for your memory!

Hobbies like knitting and patchwork have been found to reduce the risk of memory impairment. This is according to a study of around 200 people (aged 70-89) at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

We all know about crosswords, soduku and 'Brain Training' being good for memory skills but knitting is possibly not something we would expect to be as effective. The test cases were asked about their daily activities during the past year and during middle age. Those who had been busy reading, knitting, patchworking or playing games were found to have reduced their risk of memory impairment by 40%.



According to the Alzheimers Society:
"One million people will develop dementia in the next 10 years so there is a desperate need to find ways to prevent dementia"

If knitting has already been shown to reduce stress, so now its proven to help with our memory, lets keep knitting and turn off the TV!



For the full BBC News article, click here.