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2 August - 8 September 2026
Joan Hodge: Ravelled (curated by Vanessa Beck)
Joanie-Pops is 84 now and in the early stages of dementia. After finally picking up knitting needles again, after claiming she didn't know how to knit anymore, she was asked by her daughter to knit peggy squares so they could be joined together to make a blanket.
Instead, Joanie-Pops, with her confused brain, dulled short term memory and perhaps a little bit of self expression, knitted and knitted like a machine - not a square in sight but these long beautiful strips and giant shapes with jutting corners.
The calming effect this knitting had on her was evident from the beginning and has helped her through a difficult time as she ages. Her mind may be unravelling, but in a sense she is also holding on to the things that are important - beauty, kindness and doing things her own way.
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