The rewards of knitting

How I enjoyed reading India Hendrikse’s article Stitching for the Soul in your August issue. When I was about 10, my mother, who was an avid knitter, took me aside and with a pair of knitting needles and a ball of wool, proceeded to teach me. I am now 72 and still knitting. My three children grew up wearing knitted jumpers and cardis, looking very different in their home-designed knitwear. My love of knitting definitely kept me stable when I suffered kidney disease and needed dialysis three times a week. Knitting put some normality back into my life and gave me satisfaction in accomplishing a rewarding goal. WENDY WATKINS