Photo: Potholder?

Potholder?

Photo: Allegra has found that knitting has benefitted her mental health during quarantine. “It was calming, and it was also something to do with my hands which was nice,” she says. Allegra’s advice for other artists is this: “Just do what you feel like. I didn’t have a specific plan. I said ‘What should I knit?’ and my dad said, ‘A potholder,’ and I was like ‘It's better as a hat.’”

Allegra has found that knitting has benefitted her mental health during quarantine. “It was calming, and it was also something to do with my hands which was nice,” she says. Allegra’s advice for other artists is this: “Just do what you feel like. I didn’t have a specific plan. I said ‘What should I knit?’ and my dad said, ‘A potholder,’ and I was like ‘It's better as a hat.’”