WEEK 5

This week I have spent a lot of time on my knitting. Now that I have mastered the skills of knitting I am saying good bye to the wool that I began with and moving onto some new wool to begin creating my first ever product. I am going to make a scarf for another member of my knitting community. We are going to knit one each and then swap when we have finished. We are working really well as a community and are having alot of fun. I find this time together to be very worthwhile. I also have found time to do some knitting alone. This has given me some time out from stressful situations and has relaxed and cleared my head. I am now beginning to see the therapuetic side of knitting and the postive effects that it can create.

In class this week we have focused on disruption, deprivation and transition. I feel that now that I have been knitting for a few weeks I am transitioning from someone who had no idea how to knit to being a person who is competent in knitting. I nwo know that the more I practise and learn the more I will move through tranistions. When looking at occupational disruption or deprivation I realised how much I would be affected if I was disrupted or deprived from being able to knit. Prior to going to my tutorial I thought about the following questions and these are the answers that I came up with.

What would be the consequence if you were deprived from participating in your chosen occupation? I would feel frustrated and upset as I have finally got the hang of knitting. It would interupt my weekly routine and I would be deprived of my time out. It would also mean I would be missing out on social interation with my peers and I would no longer be a part of a community. I would lose my own indentity personally and also within my community.

What would be the effect of deprivation on others (communities) who exist around your chosen occupation? They too would experience similar feeling to what I have explained in the first question. If my community was deprived of this occupation then it would no longer exist. The community was made purely due to the occuaption.

Are there factors which restrict certain people participating in your chosen occupation?

-People with no fine motor skills or functioning may find it difficult.

-Stereotyping around age and gender. stereotypical view that knitting is for elderly women only.

-Loss of hand function/ Injury in hands with prevent people from participating in knitting.

The more I reflect on what was taught this week in class in relation to my own occupation I am able to see the huge impact it would have on me if i was disrupted or deprived of my occupation.