Knitting For The Elderly
Today is Make a Difference Monday...
When it comes to knitting for charity, the elderly are often forgotten. Our elderly sit quietly alone in nursing homes, searching for any bright spot they can find in their day-to-day lives. One way you can brighten their lives, giving them warmth and comfort at the same time, is to knit for them.
When you donate your hand-knit items to the elderly, it shows them they haven't been forgotten. It shows them that someone knows they're still here. Why not take the time and add some projects for the elderly?
Easy ideas for hand-knit items that the elderly appreciated are lapghans and shawls. Both of these items are easy to make and warm the elderly as they sit in bed, a recliner or wheelchair.
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Today's Free Knitting Pattern:
The Spring Garden Shawl would make a great pattern to give away at nursing homes. With a size 9 needle, cast on 63 stitches then k1, p1 for a simple ribbing for the entire shawl. By using a bulky yarn and size 15 knitting needles, you could make this shawl super quick by casting on 45 stitches and either following the ribbing pattern or just use a garter stitch for the entire shawl. The texture of the bulky yarn will still make the shawl very pretty.
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Today's Featured Product:
It's easy to adapt the beautiful afghan patterns in the Big Book of Quick Knit Afghans to cozy lapghans for the elderly. The perfect lapghan size is just wide enough to cover the legs and long enough to go to their feet without dragging the ground or around 24" to 30" wide and 3 to 3 1/2 feet long. You can adapt any of the patterns in this book and make great lapghans.
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Did You Know...
Just about any nursing home could use donations for lapghans and shawls. All you have to do is call the office of the nursing homes in your areas and ask if they would like donations of lapghans and shawls. Then, get busy getting your knitting charity stitching.
