They make 400 knits so that the trees don't get cold!

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Monday November 4, 2024: a initiative originale in Mayenne, in the department of Mayenne. That's the least we can say when we see all his trees dressed in knitwear for winter!

In fact, over approximately 400 m long, and to a height of 1.50 m, numerous pieces of fabric were placed on the trunks. There are 400 pieces in total.

Everything is present on the Place du 9 Juin, as well as on the Place Georges-Clemenceau. Special case: a large tree which sits at the Saint-Georges-de-l'Isle nursing home has also been dressed.

Two hours per week since January

Mayenne Community explain the why of this operation. “Usually summer is decorated with our butterflies, but nothing had yet been done in winter.

Thanks to you ladies knitters, this gap has been filled and I thank you,” announces Jean-Pierre Lescornet, the mayor of Mayenne, and president of Mayenne Community.

THE knitwear have been carried out throughout the year, for two hours per week, since January. In a communicative momentum, many people participated in this project which took place at the Mayenne media library, but also at the Saint-Fraimbault-de-Prières nursing home (Saint-Georges-de-l'Isle).

Among the participantshospital nurses, EHPAD residents, Knitters of Possibles.

The knitwear was made from fabric donations. “We had a lot of individual donationssquares of wool, but also needles, wool”, explains Martine Chauvin Active knitter of possibilities.

Success

The operation delighted the residents. The success is such that many knitters would like to perpetuate these activities with children from leisure centers. They could make pompoms which will be hung in the trees. ” A ten residents participated and really appreciated these moments of exchange”, concludes Fabienne Andrade Facilitator of the group of knitters from Saint-Georges de l'Isle.

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