Callington crafters put their sewing skills to good use for St Luke’s

A brilliant experience so far

This is not the first time the group, who have been going for a year, have supported the local community with their creations.

“We have also made fiddle muffs for local care homes, for people with dementia or Alzheimer’s and have knitted blankets for them,” added Elaine. “When it was the King’s coronation we made a huge giant frieze for the town centre and are still adding to the thousands of knitted poppies as part of the poppy wave at St Mary’s Church.”

The display, which has been re-erected for the fifth year now, features around 9,000 poppies flowing down from the roof of the church down to the Cenotaph as part of Callington’s annual poppy appeal.

The group’s next job is decorating the church doors for Easter. However, it doesn’t stop there for Elaine with her support for St Luke’s, as a group of her friends will be holding a bingo night on Saturday at Turnchapel, proving that life doesn’t have to stop even when receiving palliative care.

Coming into our specialist unit was initially a daunting prospect for Elaine. She said: “I had no idea what I was getting into, I had a little bit of an insight into St Luke’s as I had a relative who works upstairs and I knew by how happy she was that it can’t be a bad place to come. Just her demeanour told me that it’s going to be okay and it’s a great place to be. I cannot fault the care, it has been a brilliant experience so far.

“My biggest worry was not coming out. I had been sent home from hospital with not much success and was getting worse and worse. I basically had to call a doctor and say I’m really poorly but I don’t want to go back into hospital and they offered me to come into St Luke’s. It took me a while to decide, but when I did, I think ultimately I’ve made the best decision.”