For this challenge I chose a knitted project in preparation for an event I am taking part in during March, Knit every day in March for Alzheimer’s research. For the challenge I will be knitting Twiddle muffs, twiddle toys and twiddle bags for dementia residents at my local care home. I am not a fast knitter so will probably be doing them long after March! The event is supposed to be sponsored with all money raised going to fund Alzheimer’s research in the UK. Any donations can be sent to my fundraising page and will go direct to the organisation. I appreciate it is difficult for people to donate money and I will happily receive donations of wool or knitted objects to be used at the care home.
I am using the following patterns;
Fidget Toy
There are plenty of patterns online most of them are free. Details of places wanting donated items can also be found by searching online or contacting local organisations.
The yarn I used for this twiddle toy is a discontinued yarn that has been in my stash for a while. These projects are ideal for using oddments. It is a 10 ply or Aran weight, called Peter Pan Darling Fleck, but any yarn can be used. The size of finished object will vary with different yarns. The pattern consists of only 10 rows, but goes from 25 to 200 stitches, unless you are me and do too many repetitions and end up with 400! I left it rather than unravel it, so my finished item is larger, luckily I was using circular needles so had room for all the stitches. Once the knitted piece is finished it is twisted and then sewed together and looks a bit like a fluffy shower puff. The user can then fiddle with it to calm them and keep hands occupied.
Due to my own condition I do find it difficult to follow patterns and often get in a muddle with my makes, I may be needing a few of these as the month goes on;
I also had to laugh at this image generated by AI of my cat
This image also generated with AI, is much more realistic!
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