WEEK FOUR

This week I am doing really well with my knitting. I am beginning to enjoy it as I now find it a lot easier to do. My skills and knowledge base is growing and I am moving on from doing to being. I now consider myself as moving towards becoming a knitter. The more that I practise knitting the more I am working towards becoming a knitter. A quote that I have related to this week is; “Our occupational experiences and motivation to engage in particular occupations shape our sense of self, personal and social identify. Active doing contributes to becoming who we are and is intimately connected with a sense of being, our essence and what is distinctive about us.” (Boniface & Seymour, 2012, pg 174) The knitting in which I am taking part in is starting to shape me as a person and is giving me a sense of identity. My flat mates this week have also decided to start to knit aswell. They are also really enjoying picking up a new skill and in return I am really enjoying teaching them. We have decided to all get together once a week and take time out to all do some knitting together. Although they are my friends and already a part of my community we are getting together to create new community within us. The sense of community in which I am feeling links back to what is being taught in this weeks tutorial in class where the focus is on place an community. This brings me to a quote from the reading for this week that gave me an understanding into communities. “Human communities consist of groups of people who do things together and individually. People participate collectively through shared interests and activities (occupational pursuits) in work, sports, hobbies, volunteerism, home life, and civic involvement. Bonds that draw and keep people thinking about each other and occupied together may include share beliefs, shared geography, shared interests, shared experiences, shared traditions or shared kinship. (Christensen & Townsend, 2010, pg 176) We are hoping as a flat to widen our community by inviting others around to knit with us and hopefully one day have a range of people as a part of our community and be able to knit things together and then swap what we have made.


References:

Boniface, G. & Seymour, A. (2012).Using occupational therapy in practise. UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Christensen, C. & Townsend, E.(2010). An Introduction to occupation: the Art and science of Living .New Jersey: Prentice Hall.