Friday, March 4, 2016

Fiber Arts for a Cause

Saw this story shared on Facebook and wanted to share it here  - Frigga LOVES charities that combine fiber arts with caring for others. This is what creating fiber items is for, to give warmth (sense and emotional warmth) to others who need it. 

Paul Sweeney

My hero is Mum. When I got my own police station she knitted me a teddy bear. I was hoping for a coffee mug.
I said “Mum I’m too old for a teddy bear.”
She said “Firstly, you’re not. No one is. Secondly, it’s not for you. It’s a trauma bear, for any kid you think needs it.”
Three months later I’m asking a little boy to do a big job. There was a scared bear in my police truck that needed looking after. And, while his world dissolved in sirens and lights that boy kept that bear safe and took him home.
Mum has made hundreds of things since. Trauma bears for victims of crime, quilts to warm rehabilitating drug addicts during the chill of withdrawal, booties and mittens for premature babies. There’s something in the stitching, a kind of grandma magic I suppose.
The photo is me dropping of some more bears and quilts. Mum’s my hero and, since she’s not on Facebook, if you message me I’ll pass it on.

Mum was really touched by everything you said - she wants me to clarify a couple of things though. There are lots of women who do this, mums, grandmas and those for whom children never arrived. She doesn't want to take credit for everyone's work but she'd be really happy if it was her blankets that cuddled James, Emily and Alex. Love from Mum.

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