Yarn Me Calm

I have a background in Youth Work, Developmental Trauma and Family Therapy so wanted to combine my love of all things yarn with therapeutic intent. For the past 20 something years I have worked with and for the most amazing people. Young people, children, families, staff, colleagues and volunteers. Many of these amazing people have experienced horrendous childhood trauma and abuse, many of whom were still experiencing their trauma on a daily, hourly and at times constant basis. I was extremely privileged to walk alongside them, hear their stories and work with them to find some form of healing. Much of what I did was based on building a trusting, appropriate relationship and the ability to 'sit with' each individual person's story without judgement.

I started Yarn Me Calm because I know that after having a stressful day, you know the sort I mean, when you feel you have nothing left to give to anyone? I would come home and head straight to my yarn stash. I may not necessarily start crocheting or knitting, sometimes it was just enough to go through the yarn, touch and admire it. You know that feeling you get in touching yarn? Feeling the fibre, how soft and squishy it is and then imagining everything (or nothing!) that you can do with it. This is always the first step for me with using yarn for calming.

I wanted Yarn Me Calm to be more than just providing a product and a service, it needed to be about people.