Mosaic’s Sit & Knit Day Saturday June 9th, 2018 (By Dina Campeis)
On Saturday June 9, 2018, Mosaic participated in the World Wide Knit in Public Day and held our first ever Sit & Knit at Centre Court in the Shops on Steeles and 404.
We had 4 tables filled with women of varying skills and even had 1 gentleman amongst the crowd who used a loom to do some knitting. We spent a few hours knitting, crocheting, checking out each other’s projects and best of all, laughing! As always at a Mosaic event, beverages and snacks were enjoyed by all!
Back when I announced this event, I admitted my lack of skill and the fact that I had a 2– year old almost-finished knitted dish cloth just waiting to be completed. Lucky for me there were a few ladies who helped me in this regard. Ok, let’s just be honest and say that one did the final few rows and another did the casting off. Apparently, my skills lie in delegation!
Jane Teasdale (my boss!) also attended and her skills lie in being a great hostess.
She tried the knitting, but was much more interested in meeting and getting to know those attending.
I am always amazed at the speed at which some can knit or crochet. Some of the patterns were very difficult and others quite easy. And the yarn! My goodness, so many different colours and texture. Who knew you could by yarn to make your own Srubbie!
We had one lady bring a Twiddlemuff she had almost completed! The knitting was done, just the embellishments needed to be added. We were all so intrigued by the loom used for the Twiddlemuff – made it such an easy project – that many indicated they would like to learn how to use the loom too!
And others wanted to contribute to a twiddlemuff project.
As a result, we will be hosting a special event to make Twiddlemuffs and Mosaic will then donate these to some of our clients living with dementia. By offering this program, we fulfil our commitment to education, offering a new program to seniors (and people of any age) to provide opportunities for meaningful social interaction and to give those who want to be a part of a volunteer group, a project that will make a difference to those living with dementia.
My next big decision will be whether to try a Twiddlemuff or a Srubbie! I think the Srubbie is more to my skill level, but we will see…
If you or anyone you know would like to know more about this project or to receive an invitation to attend the Twiddlemuff Event, please call our office at 905.597.7000 and speak to Dina Campeis or click on the link underneath to sign up for our online newsletter which will have more information.
https://www.mosaichomecare.com/news-events/newsletter/
A special thanks goes to The Shops on Steeles and 404 who graciously donated space in the mall for this event. They are always open to having Mosaic host parties and such, and we so appreciate this!
Submitted by:
Dina Campeis
Marketing Manager
