intro post/ low spoons craft recommendations?

[matsushima]

Hi, everykindofcraft! I'm excited about this community because I am a "every kind of craft"-er! I love trying new crafts. Right now, I am teaching myself how to cross-stitch:My go-to, however, is always crochet:As much as I love crochet, it's hard on my hands - I have chronic pain and already require regular nerve block injections in my dominant hand to keep it functional. I tried cross stitch because I thought it might be easier on my thumbs/wrists.

What are your favorite low spoons crafts?

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[uncaged_butterflies]

Looks like the "learning" part of your cross-stich journey is going well, this looks super neat! Love the crochet too ♥

As I don't have physical problems, "low-spoon" for me is "low mental effort", which doesn't seem to be what you're looking for, but just in case it helps brainstorming: for me personally it takes less energy (and interestingly, less focus too) to follow a pattern than to improvise something, but I don't doubt for one second that it's the opposite for some persons. Maybe finding a craft, or a specific way of crafting, that allows you to be more mentally at ease would help being less physically tense and thus help limit the pain?

(My own low-spoon craft is crochet, with a pattern, bonus if it's a no-sew pattern because the sewing part is always more difficult for me. It doesn't force me into a specific position, unlike my other favorite, friendship bracelet, that needs to be anchored somewhere.)

[matsushima]

Oh, you should see the back, tho - it's a huge tangled mess! (I've embroidered before and that was always messy, too.)

I'm actually one of those people for whom following a pattern is harder. It's much easier for me to wing it and make things up as I go - but I mostly crochet blankets, not anything 3D, so it's not as complicated.

[uncaged_butterflies]

We Don't Talk about the back of projects that have a clearly defined front x'D