A HELPING HAND
I attend the knit and natter group at my mother’s care home. The ladies are encouraged to knit and this project came about to help a resident revive her knitting skills. I encouraged her to knit a white rectangle and when she nished it I took it home to turn it into the snowman. The idea was to keep it simple to produce an effective result – nothing dif cult. She loved it and has gone on to make other simple projects, which I put together for her and other residents. One of the ladies is making a rectangle which will become a Christmas cracker. She’s going to put a little gift inside for her daughter. Another lady, who is partially sighted, wanted to make a scarf but ran out of wool. I took her work home and made her another owl (like the one in the picture), using other scraps of yarn. Her former disappointment was turned into joy. I had fun helping to make the owl cushion from scraps of leftover yarns! The residents are very receptive to new ideas and I love to see the results! All the wool is donated to the home and they are mostly oddments, but every bit is used to make something.