Alcohol Use and Quality of Life in Textile Handcrafters

Abstract

Textile handcrafts (e.g. knitting, crocheting, weaving, sewing) has increased following a long decline after the Industrial Revolution and the feminist movement. The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological value of textile handcrafts in women?s lives. This is the first study to use quantitative methodologies and combine both psychological information with textile use. The analysis presented here reviews, specifically, the relationship between alcohol use, quality of life (QOL), and textile handcrafts.