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Music to accompany our knitting sessions. I listening to mum singing along to Louis and Ella singing Cheek to cheek. #unforgettable Bought this music player /radio from www.unforgettable.co.uk to play my mum's play list on a USB stick. #livingwithdementia #dementiadiaries #lookingaftermum #dementiacare #dementia #windrushgeneration #goldenoldies #therapeuticknitting #knittingtherapy #takingbackcontrol #kickalzintheballz https://www.instagram.com/p/BsiF3JPnTW1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qzt5k7jmxwkz

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"Occupation for an idle hour" #iveneverread but I should read a #janeausten 📖 Recycled, washed and rewinded #yarns ready for a new project. #dementiacare #dementiadiaries #alzheimers #therapeuticknitting #itsnotfortheweak #itsnicetomake https://www.instagram.com/p/BranD4yHGUc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cmbblr03ax0i

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One week later and my mum's finished the scarf that she was knitting. Reasons to be cheerful - knit, knit, knit. #dementia #dementiacare #alzheimers #livingwell #reducinganxiety #mindfulknitting #therapeuticknitting #manyfacesofalzheimers #livingwithalzheimers https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIGd0SgrRR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1npehw1ihceba

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On the train for one of my regular visits to care for my mum. It's a two and a half hour journey so some bilateral repetitive psychosocial invention (aka as knitting) makes the long trip easier. And it's Carers Rights Day today. Oh how I wished that my local council bought into this directive. #wellbeing #wellmaking #dementia #alzheimers #livingwell #reducinganxiety #mindfulknitting #dementiacare #therapeuticknitting #dementiacarer #itsnotfortheweak #itsgoingtobeascarf #brioche #doingwhatican https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqzn3YonCEe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=alajby2onwki

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Hospital visits can be stressful, so while I wait for my mum while she is having a scan, it's time for for some #knititation. The knit and meditation combo coined by the wonderful @knitnibble This is my first attempt at broiche knitting and I think I'm getting the hang of it. Why isn't there a knit emoji??? #wellbeing #wellmaking #dementia #alzheimers #livingwell #reducinganxiety #mindfulknitting #dementiacare #therapeuticknitting #dementiacarer #brioche I❤️#briocheknitting #itsgoingtobeascarf https://www.instagram.com/p/BppR4wrHNHm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g7quqyr42qrf

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Knitting scarves. In recent years my mum prefers bright 'sunny' colours. Me- I'm still expressing my inner 'goth'. My mum is wearing her falls alarm on her left arm, me - I'm wearing my #fitbit2 #dementiacare #dementia #alzheimers #therapeuticknitting #crochet ##craftingtogether #wellbeing #dementiadiaries #generationaldifferences #windrushgeneration https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpep_CZnm2M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14ou9n8y9bab4

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My mum always knitted my jumpers when I was young. I don't think I owned a shop-bought jumper until I was in my late teens. Today my mother still knits things for me, albeit the knitting instructions now also serve as a reminder - pinned to the work in hand. #therapeuticknitting #wellbeing #wellmaking #alzheimers #homeknitted #dementia #dementiacare #powerofknitting #forgetting but not #forgotten #notgivingup #mother #scarf #actsofmaking #knittingtherapy #dementiacarers https://www.instagram.com/p/BpXL80mne8I/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ncis9bi9i7n9

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Early to rise - early to knit. My mother started knitting at 6am this morning, while watching Ghosts on the Loose on the Talking Pictures TV channel. #knittingtherapy #therapeuticknitting #scarf #wellbeing #dementia #alzheimers #livingwell #reducinganxiety #mindfulknitting #dementiacare #dexterity #windrushgeneration We ❤️ #talkingpicturestv https://www.instagram.com/p/BplpyPNH_dg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1401mixv2z9u4