It turns out that Mum has forgotten that she is a demon knitter.

Post stroke and with her slightly muddled head it’s the skill she could still do without thinking.  Last winter we had hats and scarves made for us – maybe not as intricately or perfectly as the cable knitted dresses and jumpers she made us in years gone by, but she could still do it.  In March with the weather getting warmer we moved from hats and scarves to The Tuesday Blanket.

Mum stopped knitting around may or June saying she didn’t want to…but when we were chatting at the hospital the other day it turned out that she wasn’t sure if she could knit. So this week I talked her through what she’d done in the last few months. And…well, you’ll see on the video 😕

And in an attempt to get her brain a little more active, I bought a puzzle book designed for people with dementia.  She was so proud when we finished one of each puzzle together…even if the initial enthusiasm was a little lacking 😀