为什么编织（why knit？）

传统与偏见

昨天微博上有位大V发了一条关于男士编织的帖子，引起了很多人的兴趣：

他讲的，基本是事实，编织这个手艺，传统上来讲，不分男女。

现代编织者

modern knitters

Knitting is an old skill that has found a new followings.

编织是一种古老的技艺，现在有了新的追随者。

Where once people would have knitted out of the necessity to clothe their families，a new generation of knitter's have now picked up their needles to knit for pleasure and for the joy of creating something personal and handmade .

当人们脱离了给家人织衣服的必须，为了休闲，和创造个性化手工的乐趣，新一代编织者现在拿起针线编织。

No longer created mainly for function，many modern knits have a new excitement，almost a frivolity，with fresh shapes and innovative materials making the act of knitting a pleasurable past time.

不再主要为实际功能创造，很多现代的编织品浮夸令人兴奋，运用新鲜的造型和创新的线材使得编织成为快乐的消遣。

Knitters have thrown out the image of knitting as being the preserve of little，grey-haired old ladies，slowly churning out a production line of baby bootees for their brood of grandchildren.Nowadays，you may find teenage granddaughters knitting alongside their grandmothers，and proud fathers knitting for their families.

编织者们已经摆脱了花白头发老妇人织毛线，缓慢的扒拉出一系列的婴儿鞋袜作为家族孙子辈的礼物的那种形象。如今，你会发现青少年孙女们在奶奶旁边编织，自豪的父亲为家人编织。

编织的益处

Why it’s good to knit

There are a number of benefits to knitting—the most important being that the knitter ends up with loads of gorgeous knitwear

编织有很多好处—最重要的是编织者最终收获大量非常漂亮的针织衣服

—but many knitters also believe knitting has secondary benefits as well，such as being good for combating stress and focusing the mind.

但是很多编织者也相信编织也有辅助性的好处，比如排解压力和保持思维集中。

Researchers from Harvard studying the stress—easing benefits of knitting found that knitters can actually lower their heart rate by about 11beats per minute wilst indulging in their hobby.Brain waves and breathing rate are also slowed during the rhythmic action of knitting.

来自哈佛的研究编织缓解压力的学者发现当编织者沉迷于爱好时，其心率每分钟实际可以降低11下。脑电波和呼吸频率伴随有节奏的编织动作也会变慢。

Some knitters find it a positive way to occupy themselves with forced'spare time',such as when traveling,feeling that they can accomplish something with those moments waiting in doctor's surgeries or during lunch breaks.Some people do knit wilst watching TV,so that relaxation time can also be productive.

一些编织者找到了积极对抗被动“空闲时间”的方式，例如旅行，在等待医生手术时或午间休息可以完成些什么。一些人会一边看电视一边编织，休闲时间也可以有所产出。

所以，编织有这么多好处，来一起玩吗？