{"id":990,"date":"2017-02-05T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T10:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/?p=990"},"modified":"2017-02-05T11:18:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T10:18:28","slug":"twiddlemuffs-for-local-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/2017\/02\/05\/twiddlemuffs-for-local-nursing-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Twiddlemuffs for local nursing home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the dark, cold nights began in November, members of SI Cannock &amp; District began knitting twiddle muffs which we wanted to give to local Nursing Homes.Twiddle muffs are a knitted hand muff using various colours and textures of leftover or odd balls of wool, such as chunky mohair.\u00a0 Once muffs are knitted they are decorated inside and out with ribbons, different coloured &amp; shaped buttons, beads, lace, pompoms etc.Muffs provide a source of visual, tactile and sensory stimulation, they can also minimise anxiety and at the same time keep cold hands warm.Member June Bould contacted Ashcroft Hollow Nursing Home to enquire if they would be interested to receive twiddle muffs for their residents. Amanda Yates Activities Co-ordinator reported they had a few but would be extremely grateful to receive more. \u00a0On 2<sup>nd<\/sup> February a few members of SI Cannock &amp; District visited Ashcroft Hollow Nursing Home and received a warm welcome from Amanda Yates who introduced us to Staff and residents. The members enjoyed talking with quite a few of the residents, some of whom were interested in knowing a little about the role of Soroptimists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-991\" src=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ashcroft1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-992\" src=\"\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ashcroft2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/cannock-and-district\/files\/2017\/02\/ashcroft2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Carole Holdcroft and Lynne Tuckley presented Amanda &amp; residents with ten twiddle muffs and one twiddle apron. Four of the residents enjoyed trying the muffs on. \u00a0Amanda and Staff at Ashcroft Hollow were appreciative of our members spending time knitting the twiddle muffs and reported they would be extremely useful for some of their residents. If anyone would like to donate any odd balls of wool or items we can use to decorate the twiddle muffs. Call Cannock Soroptimists on 07971 494510 or email <a href=\"mailto:si.cannock@outlook.com\">si.cannock@outlook.com<\/a>. Donations will be very much appreciated which will enable us to knit more muffs for other local Nursing Homes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the dark, cold nights began in November, members of SI Cannock &amp; District began&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Twiddlemuffs for local nursing home | News | Blog | Events | SI Cannock and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Cannock and District : Blog &amp; News : Twiddlemuffs for local nursing home : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Cannock and District . 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