Pensioner crochets for the greater good
Patricia Hart is using her love for crocheting to help those who need it.
LOCAL pensioner, Patricia Hart is using her love for crocheting to help those who need it. Hart crochets blankets and clothing and donates them to elderly community members and local children. She is a resident at Moth Cottages, home to ex-military servicemen and their spouses.
Hart took to the hobby of crocheting two years ago when her husband and ex-policeman Des passed away, “Widows are never thrown out at Moth Cottages, we are taken care of. I found it very hard after Des died, I had to find a way to get on but I also wanted to do something meaningful,” said Hart.
Hart was inspired from a moment in her childhood, “When I was younger, I was partially blind and I couldn’t see very well. I felt left out of a lot of things, but then my grandmother sat me down and she taught me how to crochet and it made me so happy. I remember that time and that feeling and I was taken back when I picked up the crochet needle and wool and started crocheting again.”
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Hart said she has always liked to help people and to share her love for crocheting, she began working with the KZN Society for the Blind.
“I teach the children how to crochet. It’s all about a rhythm, once you know the technique and you get into the rhythm you can create beautiful pieces with just your hands,” said Hart.
Hart has also donated hundreds of crocheted items to local elderly community members and gives away her knitted pieces to the homeless people in her area when Winter comes.
“800 to 900 pieces have been given out over the two years I’ve been doing this. I can produce 20 pieces in two weeks and I take my time to make sure that every piece is special and made with love,” she said.
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Hart’s good friend and surrogate mother, Phyllis Perkins said that Patricia’s surname suits her because she has a big heart.
“She loves to give, it doesn’t matter who you are, she gives to whoever needs help,” said Perkins.
The grandmother of six said that she would like to help anyone who needs Winter clothes, “If you live around the area you are more than welcome to drop off wool at Moth Cottages at the gate and if you leave your number and what you would like made I will be more than happy to make it. This also helps me because I’m too old to go shopping, so I have no way of getting wool.”
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