Keeping a 90 yr old amused

Topless mittens?

I’ve had a lot of fun making striped ones out of oddments.

How wonderful ! I learned to knit years ago but gave up. Like your mother, I would like to get back to it and will follow this thread with interest.

I saw some lovely knitted baubles at a craft fair - I'm not a knitter so have no idea how tricky this would be.
Also my sister and friends knit hearts for local hospice, again don't know how easy/ hard these are to make.

In her 90s, mum liked to knit lap throws, "for elderly folk."

Tiny hats for prem babies in SCBU.

Knitted knockers?

I've no idea how easy or hard they'd be to do, but they're for a good cause.

Wizend is a lady here who does some lovely projects, she may have some suggestions.

Covers for hot water bottles for care homes and hospitals.

Toys for children. There will be more help needed this year for poorer families.

Toys etc are probably too fiddly for her. How about a scarf with as complicated a pattern as she can manage - to gift or give to charity.

How about a fidget muff for people with Alzheimer’s?
You can find a very easy pattern, using up scraps of wool, from

knitforpeace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Twiddlemuff-Pattern.pdf

I’m sure a nearby home would welcome them.

A fiddle muff? They don't need to be neat and are very useful for people living with dementia.

Ther are patterns on line.

We got my mum knitting dolls clothes for her GGC as Christmas presents last year. They weren’t perfect, but as said she said “teddy wont mind” It gave her a purpose for doing something useful

Homeless charities always welcome knitted hats. I have a friend who knits them and sends them to a seaman's charity.

Again they can be made from scraps of wool . No need to buy any. Charity shops often have lots of odd balls.

I second the knitted hats for homeless shelters. Also, there is a charity which collects tiny knitted blankets to wrap around very early born babies who do not survive. Parents sometimes find it comforting to hold their swaddled infant rather than a naked one.

Twiddle muffs (for hospital patients with dementia) are just basic straight knitting (except for the twiddly bits added afterwards) and are v good for using up oddments.

I have a pattern somewhere - used to make them for local hospital - but IIRC if you Google Oxford University Hospitals Twiddle Muffs, it’ll come up.
They use quite fat needles IIRC and either chunky or 2 strands of DK.

I can’t knit. Well I can plain and purl I think if someone casts on. Does anyone know where I could do beginners class ? My leisure activities are getting curtailed.

Lucca see if your local library has a craft group meet there. I go to a mixed media group for 2 hours . We just take whatever we are working on . Also look at local churches some have knit and natter groups but they welcome other crafter's. I know you aren't well could the charity associated with your illness have groups that you could join.

I love seeing what others are working on . I cross stitch, others see,knit,crochet ,colour in and make bead jewellery. One joined so she could learn to crochet and loves it . Funny enough lot of us have more than one thing wrong with us. But that's just a coincidence.

Thanks but I really need a class to teach me first !!

When I visited my gran as a child I was never allowed just to sit and "chat" after we finished afternoon tea. I had to take some "work" such as sewing/embroidery/knitting or crochet. She would peer at me over the top of her glasses and say "Have you brought any mending child? The devil makes work for idle hands"

I never enjoyed knitting because it was following someone elses instructions (pattern) but I can still crochet and love doing crazy patchwork (where you dont follow any pattern).

How about a knitted waistcoat? Quite easy as no sleeves. I hope she enjoys taking up knitting again. I've been thinking of doing so too. Good luck.

I seem to recall a ‘wrist warmers’ pattern - just straight st st or maybe rib, with a gap for the thumb.

Lucca

I can’t knit. Well I can plain and purl I think if someone casts on. Does anyone know where I could do beginners class ? My leisure activities are getting curtailed.

There are some instruction videos on Youtube they might help.

90 year old mum - baby blanket?
Lucca go to YouTube and search 'beginners knitting'

Keyhole scarves are relatively easy and a quick project, not boring.

www.notaprimarycolor.com/2022/01/

Lucca, I started knitting again when I retired, having learnt plain and purl as a child, and started with simple patterns that I found online, helped by videos on YouTube and with practice am now an experienced knitter!