Carol’s Garden

Welcome to Carol’s Garden! A project inspired by Alice’s Embrace and named after our mother who is battling dementia. Whether it was her plants or people, our mother is the epitome of a caregiver. Therefore, it is in her honor that we hope to bring warmth and comfort to memory care patients in New England.

Here you will find free knitting and crochet patterns for prayer shawls to be made and donated to memory care patients. Each pattern was inspired by a moment in Alice’s life, please take the time to read through some of the stories. I am sure you will be as uplifted and inspired as we were. Finally, we would like to send a special thanks out to Diane for allowing us to use her patterns. Click here for instructions on how to participate and where to send / bring your finished product.

If you’d like to participate, but you’re not a knitter or crocheter… We’ve added a new project to Carol’s Garden. These cozy fleece hearts were placed under our Mom’s hands while she was in the hospital by the wonderful hospice team that was taking care of her. To give back to this amazing organization, we will be collecting fleece heart pillows to donate to the Middlesex Health Hospice in Middletown, CT. I designed a free heart pillow pattern with step-by-step instructions to make a pair. You can feel free to send them to us, or donate them to your local hospital/hospice. Click the Photo to get to the free heart pillow pattern.