Which crafts would you recommend for improving fine motor skills?

Answer 1

Crafts are ideal for improving your fine motor skills. I would start with:

* Hand-sewing
* Embroidery
* Cross-stitch
* Knitting

You do not need to be accomplished at these crafts to get the benefit but you may find it more rewarding.

Many surgeons will 'train' by working on embroidery projects.

Remember to work in a well-lit area to avoid eye strain.

Answer 2

Tying knots.
If you do not like the needle crafts this might be it.
You can use string that suits your abilities and change to a thinner size when you improve or go for more difficult knots.

Knot-tying has many different parts, you can learn the practical knots.
http://www.animatedknots.com/
http://www.geospectra.net/kite/knots/kno...

Or go into decorative work:
http://knopen.ismijnhobby.nl/
http://home.tiscali.nl/knotsandknottying...
http://www.knotical-arts.com/
http://www.frayedknotarts.com/tutor1.htm...
to give a few links.

Macramé is one kind of knots, and at the moment more of jewelry, it has been done by manly men aboard the sailing vessels for a long time. And ladies did make beautiful lace with very fine string in the late 18th century.
http://www.knotingwork.com/pages/knots.h...
http://www.marchen-art.co.jp/basic/index...

When you decide to try knot tying you will find that it can be a satisfying hobby that can be done with few or no tools and can cost little if you are willing to work with the string which is locally available. It is possible to spend a lot of money too, on string and tools, but you can wait with doing that till you have decided you like it.

See the forums at KHWW:
http://www.khww.net/forum/index.php...
and IGKT
http://www.igkt.net/sm/index.php...
for people to help you.

Willeke

Answer 3

My husband has arthritis in his hands and he makes the most beautiful jewelry with beads and crystals. The tools are not too much for his hands although those beads can get pretty small (lol).

I, myself, do a lot of crafting with my hands and I have carpal tunnel syndrome. I knit, cross-stitch, plastic canvas, latch hook and macrame. These are all great for exercising my hands. I also pick up the jewelry tools now and again.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Knitting can improve fine motor skills.

Answer 5

is this for a child? if so , sewing buttons on. my son did this at three . it didn't look great , but my husband always wears a tie to work and it hid them. he would lift his tie and tell people his three year old did this for him. also beads are good. any thing with eye hand control is good. my daughter would wash her doll clothes and i made her a clothes line with the dining room chairs and she would hang them. coloring books are sometimes better than a big sheet of blank paper because the learn to be inside the lines. it also helps them to follow directions with out saying a word. clay is a wonderful thing .cooking with mommy esp. dough projects. bread . pie dough, cookies, those canned crescent rolls the have to roll themselves. now i know your mind is thinking of many more things piano lessons are great also.