I have mentioned before that during Covid and in total isolation, I busied myself with knitting dementia mitts. It had a threefold use - first it gave me something to do in my solitude. Secondly it passed the hours whilst not feeling guilty about watching too much television at the same time. Thirdly it stopped the temptation to nibble on calorie-rich snacks when I was bored. I have made hundreds of these mitts over the last few years and donated them free of charge to charity shops, care homes and friends, whose relatives needed them. We have even recently been selling them in our local park information centre, as a lot of park visitors have dementia. As soon as I have made a few, I get requests for more.
Recently a volunteer I work with at our local foodbank asked if she could have some. She also volunteers at our local hospice and knew they would be useful there. I have in fact donated to this hospice before. So since Christmas I have been knitting like an automaton to produce these to donate to her for the hospice.....
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Oh Addy. It was all going so well until the end. You put me off my breakfast with that final thought!!!
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