Crochet Fiddle Mats, Muffs and Cuffs for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Patients
If you are looking for a way to express your creativity and volunteer your crochet talents making these Crochet Fiddle Mats, Muffs and Cuffs for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Patients is one way to give back. These patterns are filled with great for caregivers and their patients make a few for you to donate to nursing homes, friends and families.
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What is a Fiddle Mat, Muff or Cuff?
The purpose of a fiddle mat, muff or cuff is a design featuring lots of different items for a patient to use with their hands. Because a wide range of dementia and Alzheimer’s patients have a tendency to move their hands and fingers back and forth on their lap a mat or cuff provides them with something to do with their hands and fingers.
The crochet patterns provided in Crochet Fiddle Mats, Muffs and Cuffs provide designs with beads, bobbles and textures, that many patients will find reassuring and comforting. Because each design is made using different types of yarns and crochet textures.
The patterns in Crochet Fiddle Mats provide each design as shown or you can add your own embellishments to the patterns to make a different project each time or to design for the person that you are giving it to.
Using the bright yarns, different textures in yarns, and adding a selection of different objects on your crocheted mat will provide a patient with hours of relaxation and comfort.
Once you have crocheted one and find that the patient enjoys the mat you can easily crochet more and be given the opportunity to make more and contribute them to others.
Crochet Patterns for
- Fiddle Mats
- Muffs to Fiddle with
- Cuffs to Fiddle with
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