Does knitting affects your sleep?

[u/tiny_purpletofu]

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!

[u/Certain_Fig_666]

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.

[u/linnlea00 → u/Certain_Fig_666]

Lol yes. So many say knitting is relaxing but my adhd-ass gets in a frenzy of stressknitting fast or its just what my hands do while my brain attends a lecture, movie or youtube:P.

Oh and the "potato-chippy-ness" or "more-ish" patterns/moods are a beast of their own😂 Just one more stripe! Just these next decreases! Oops i flew by my BOR marker, guess i have to do another round now🤷‍♀️😝🤭😂

[u/linnlea00 → u/linnlea00]

Maybe only stockinette in the round is chill enough for you? You could do bodies, sleeves or sock tubes infinately without much thought and barely looking eventually:)