Dear All Knitters and Friends of CaBiC

We would like to give you all a big thank you for the knitted Christmas Stars which you generously made for the residents of our local care homes. They were once again all individual and beautiful and they were packaged up into Christmas bags with Christmas cards and taken to the following care homes; Astell House, Badgeworth Court, Bafford House, Bay Tree Court, Bishops Cleeve, Beechwood, Charlton Kings, Crofton Springs, Dalkeith Residential, Faithful House, Hampton House, Lilleybrook, Monkscroft Care Centre, Grevill House, Queens Bridge, Nazareth House, Richmond, Royal Court, Sandfield’s, St Faiths, Thirlestaine Park, Wentworth Court, Whittington House, and Windsor Street.

Here is one very special comment we have had about last year’s knitted trees

‘I should have said a big thank you for the knitted Christmas trees……on Sunday afternoon for our Christmas carols…. the residents absolutely loved having a lucky dip to choose a tree. It was really special to hear some of them talking about what sort of tree they would like as they rummaged around in the bag, searching for the one that was sparkly, or pretty, or colourful, or realistic, or whatever it was that mattered to them. They were delighted that, even if their room was too small for many decorations, they could definitely have a tree of their own. To be honest, their delight was far beyond what I was expecting, and it was a highlight of a wonderful afternoon’.

Thank you very much for your continued support in our knitted projects, you obviously enjoy making them as much as people enjoy receiving them, but if your circumstances change and you would prefer not to be contacted in relation to any future projects, then please do let me know.

Brian & the CaBiC team

If you would like to take part for Easter, here is the information for our Easter Pockets.

As Easter is quite early this year, Palm Sunday is the 29 March, we have decided on an easy pattern, which we hope you will enjoy! The plan is to put a small packet of tissues inside each one.

We do hope that you might be willing (and able) to continue to support us by knitting again this year.



Please leave the pockets in the basket at the back of church, or drop them into the church office by Friday 27 February 2026.