Have you ever stressed yourself our by overcommitting to gift knitting? Do you end up being exhausted by the festive season? Then we have a bonus episode for you! Subscribe to the Creative Restoration newletter here to receive our bonus episode as soon as it is released on 14th November to help you keep your self-care on track during Christmas, and continue to use knitting to benefit your mental wellbeing. This is the final episode in series 7 - thank you so much for listening! Joining me this week is Kristina LaVenia who is a senior lecturer in leadership at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. She has collaborated with Project Knitwell on research delivering knitting workshops for staff in educational settings. Kristina speaks about her own journey using knitting throughout the pandemic, and her experience of offering this as an intervention to others. You can follow Kristina on Instagram here: @klavenia Mia Hobbs Find out about our NEW Audio Course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time Sign up to the newsletter to be the first to know about new episodes: www.therapeuticknitting.org Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic Mentioned in this episode: Knitting for Self-Care at Christmas Visit our website to download the FREE bonus episode of Self-Care One Stitch at a Time focussed on Christmas. Download it now at https://creativerestoration.org/christmas/