Violet Lyon absolutely beamed, the smile never leaving her face when she was presented with a Twiddle Muff. It took some explaining and reassurance that the gift was hers to keep, but the nearly ...

A new craft initiative has struck the Wide Bay region, with craft enthusiasts young and old making Twiddle Muffs for a good cause. "Twiddle Muffs are sensory comforts for people who have restless ...

Melanie Bieganski never quite understood why her mother, who suffered with Alzeheimer's disease, "would play with little pieces of ribbon for hours." Then one day, while looking online for projects ...

Barbara Wapnick is pleased with the Twiddle Muff she chose. While they may look a bit like knitted leg warmers, Twiddle Muffs provide visual, tactile and sensory stimulation for people living with ...

What started as a simple share on Facebook exploded into a collective crocheting-knitting project for a Saskatoon Samaritan group. Deb Schick is a nurse at the Sherbrooke Community Centre. A few ...

Jarryd Long, Isabel Swanepoel, Cynthia and Mark Long from the Craft Shop and the Wool Shoppe in Van Riebeeck Park show off some of the twiddle muffs that have already been knitted and crocheted for ...

KNITTERS are being urged to create and donate special hand muffs to help hospital patients who are living with dementia. Nurses at Royal Blackburn Hospital are looking for people to produce ‘Twiddle ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. Bundaberg Regional Council's community and cultural services spokeswoman Judy Peters said the bright and ...

Knitters are being urged to help out dementia patients by a charity and a hospital trust. Hyndburn Homewise and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is appealing to east Lancashire knitters to make and ...

The sensory bands are knitted double-thickness hand muffs, often decorated, which have been proved to reduce anxiety in patients with dementia or delirium. Vanessa Mclean, dementia care nurse ...

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors has donated over 300 gifts, including 150 twiddle muffs, as part of its annual festive gift ...