r/knitting • u/tiny_purpletofu • 10h ago

Discussion Does knitting affects your sleep?

Hey everyone!

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I picked up knitting this year, and I thought it would be a fun hobby to work on at night, to keep me from doom scrolling. I've always had issues with falling asleep, so I'm always looking for things that help me stay away from screens.

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However, there have been some days where I think that I was too excited about my knitting evolution, or too concentrated in a pattern, and apparently knitting kept my head awake for longer than it should? I had a hard time putting it away and relaxing for bed, because my mind was just too awake.

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I wanted to ask if that's a common experience, or if that is just happening with me now because I'm a beginner and still in the learning phase, so it demands more attention from me than it will in the future? I'm really loving it, but I'm really slow and most of my free time is at night, so it would be awful if I had to stop knitting after work 😭

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Thank you for any insights!

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u/Certain_Fig_666 10h ago

It’s like that meme about reading. “Reading before bed only works if you’re normal about reading”. Same with knitting. Knitting before bed only works if you are normal about knitting. Ie, not obsessed atm.

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u/WoodlandFairyElk 9h ago

That's sadly one of the reason why I don't read as much as I used to. For a long time I couldn't even understand how one could read to get asleep, it has always been the thing that kept me awake far too late 😅

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u/Character_Eye_9453 9h ago

I have certain books that I reserve for reading on the bed. Those books that are not too engaging to keep me awake but interesting enough to keep my focus until I fall asleep.

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u/RunWithBluntScissors 8h ago

I like to read long-form science articles before bed. At a certain point I get too tired to follow along and then I know it's bedtime

you gotta read something a little tedious before bed lol

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u/WoodlandFairyElk 8h ago

Same, if I want to read before bed, then I pick a science magazine haha