WHILE the heat may be beating down on the Highway community, the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust is looking toward the cold winter that will hit KwaZulu-Natal and its beneficiaries in the Valley of 1000 Hills.
HACT is appealing to the Highway community to take part in its drive for knitted handwarmers (fingerless gloves) to be distributed among the 24 patients in its on-site Respite Unit with the overflow being handed out to its beneficiaries in the Valley of 1000 Hills.
“People who are not well feel the cold even more than healthy individuals. And
people living in informal housing and shacks suffer the most in the midst of
winter when even those of us blessed with four strong walls and a roof are
feeling the cold. If your hands are warm, your whole body feels warm, which is
why we are on this drive to secure donated gloves for our patients and
beneficiares. It’s a great way to give back,” said Olivia Myeza, Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust’s CEO
All completed handwarmers can be dropped off at the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust at 26 Old Main Road in Hillcrest. Contact 031 765 5866.
Drop box:
How to make a knitted handwarmer
Handwarmers (make two!):
Cast on 34 sts.
Work in Moss st for 3 Rows.
Work in Stockinette st for 12 Rows (you should end up with a purl row).
Start with Double Moss stitch, and repeat the pattern rows 6 times, ending with row4.
Work 4 Rows in Stockinette st and then 3 more rows in Moss st.
Bind off loosely in Moss st using a 5.00mm needle.
Finishing:
Fold in half the piece and sew sides:
from top down 2cm.
from bottom up 8cm
leaving 3,5cm open for thumb hole
Abbreviations:
k = knit
p = purl
st/sts = stitch/stitches
Moss stitch:
Row1: *k1,p1*
Row2: *p1,k1*
Stockinette stitch:
Row1: knit across
Row2: purl across
Double Moss stitch:
Row1-2: *k1,p1*
Row3-4: *p1,k1*
