There are many reasons that people take up crafting, from pure hobby to successful business venture. No matter why you may do it, crafting has become more popular than ever before, particularly among middle aged women, who make up the biggest crafting demographic in the United States. But now in this year more than sixty percent of all households in the United States enjoy crafting, an increase of nearly ten percent since the year of 2010, less than ten years ago. And quilting alone has become immensely popular, with more than twenty million crafters who are dedicated to quilting active in the United States. Crafting has also been shown to be hugely stress relieving, perhaps why it is so popular. In fact, preliminary studies have found that participating in crafting can actually raise the dopamine levels in your brain and that patients with clinical depression who participated in a crafting activity reported greater feelings of happiness and calmness after the activity as opposed to pr