If idle hands are the devil's playground, Alice Newsom has a one way ticket to heaven.
For four years, the 91 year old knitter has knit 445 scarves and shawls in all different shapes and colors.
Every 33 hours she adds another to the growing pile in her Fort Myers home.
This month, Alice created 9 shawls, but they won't sit in her home for long.?
They'll end up in Susan G. Komen Project Hope Bags which are given to breast cancer patients.
Sandi Shank was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
"It will make or break you," she said.
One of the first gifts she got before treatment was a Project Hope Bag.? Inside - her very own shawl.
After surgery, Shank's cancer is gone, but her shawl will stay with her forever.
With her eyesight slowly slipping, Newsom isn't sure how much longer she can knit.? But every stitch brings her one step closer to helping someone else.
"This is something they use every time they are in treatment and at home.? Every day they use my gift," said Newsom.
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Source: http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16407192/2011/12/28/woman-knits-scarves-shawls-for-cancer-patients
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