Hello Everyone - I hope you are all okay and if not I wish you are feeling more yourself soon.
This is a bit of a personal one for me and like a lot you also...
In mid October I kept seeing the ads on social media for the November Knitting Fundraising Challenge with Dementia UK and then I was tagged to the same advert by a friend.
After a long think and finding the right pattern out I decided to signed up to do the fundraiser and knitting challenge with dementia UK. It's been awhile since I have done any knitting but thought this would be a great way to get back into doing so.
I was going to post this on the 1st of the month but I couldn't find my knitting needles. So I've treated myself to my very own set not the hand me downs that I also have and can not find at the moment.
https://amzn.eu/d/aMMUsPx I'm not getting any commission from the link you see for the needles.
I'm also waiting for my fundraising pack too. So when I get that I'll post a snap on my social media.
So why you ask...... Well this my personal experience.
My immediate family had to witness an elderly cousin of ours, called Beryl, completely forget who we were. I, myself had the experience first hand more times than the rest. I will never forget that day when our Beryl came into my place of work came to me for help and then I ended up serving her. My cousin Beryl, told me she had no clue who I was and she ended up getting really upset because she couldn't remember who I was. I ended up saying sorry and that I may of mistaken her for someone else. This actually left me quite upset too. My mum later discovered our Beryl had Dementia. Beryl is sadly now no longer with us.
A dear friend of mine (and my family), that has been a major part of my life has Frontotemporal Dementia. Something I had never heard off till she told us years ago. I have so many happy and wonderful memories of her. She has helped shaped who I am today. Recently I've been told she also no longer recognise people she knows. Angel hugs my love...
I'm also doing this for all my friends and the extended family who have or had love ones who have or had this horrid disease.
What am I knitting...
I'm knitting an Knitting By Post Pattern, Raspberry and Moose - I am also not getting any commission when you click on the link.
Here is My Just Giving Page, Please if you are able to donate this will be very much appreciated by Dementia UK and myself. Any donates will help Dementia UK but will also motivated me to complete the pattern.
My Social Media
Wish me luck and please if you can donate whatever you can to this great cause.
Lastly a link to Dementia UK
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