I've raised £100,000 for charity over 50 years - all through knitting

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I've raised £100,000 for charity over 50 years - all through knitting
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'I like to knit every single day. I make baby cardigans, hats, blankets or little toy ducks, rabbits and chickens. I do all this to sell them and raise money for charity – specifically the NHS.' 🧶 ✍️ Beryl Fairclough writes for MetroOpinion

But I love knitting anyway, so this type of fundraising never feels like hard work to me.and crochet. Immediately, I absolutely loved it and couldn’t get enough.

One day, a relative of mine – who used to work at a big manufacturing company called Gents – saw my little creations and took one into work to show her colleagues. She rang me that evening and said: ‘I think you’d better sit down. We want 600 chickens.’ In September 2021, I had minor surgery that unfortunately led to developing sepsis and ending up on life support in the ICU. I was there for five weeks and I’ll never forget the high quality care I received at the time.

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