05/10/2025
Calling all knitters (and would-be knitters) - we need your help!
Can you “knit a bobble for that wobble” – we want you to help us raise awareness and funds so we can help people with poor mental health in the farming community in Wales.
We have challenged ourselves to collect 100 knitted bobble hats before the end of the winter, but we need your help to do this. We would like you, your parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren to get involved and get knitting. But not only will you be helping us, knitting is also good for you too.
Evidence shows that knitting has positive health benefits; both physical and mental. Knitting:
• Lowers blood pressure
• Reduces depression and anxiety
• Slows the onset of dementia
• Is as relaxing as yoga
• Distracts from chronic pain
• Provides an opportunity for creativity
• Increases sense of wellbeing
• Reduces loneliness and isolation
• Increases your sense of usefulness and inclusion in society
Knitting is for everyone!
Don’t worry if you have never knitted before, you can follow this link to see a tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTAV-S7Ziys.
Once you have your completed hat (or hats) send them to us at our office (Units 2 &3 Rural Business Development Centre, Carmarthen Livestock Market, Llysonnen Road, Carmarthen, SA33 5DR), we will sew on a DPJ Foundation label and will be selling them to raise funds for the charity.
Tag any knitters you know and even if you've never knitted before, why not give it a go.
Happy knitting!
