Elphin Lodge celebrates Mandela Day

Rand Aid’s Elphin Lodge Complex held a Crochet/Knit-a-ton for Mandela Day on Monday, July 18.

Staff members, residents from Elphin Lodge village and elders from the Ron Smith Care Centre participated to see who could complete the most knitting or crocheting in the allotted 67 minutes. The completed squares will be joined to make blankets, which will be donated to the less fortunate.

Ms Greer James was the knitting queen, having completed 102 rows.

In second place was Ms Vera Lenthall and third was Ms Jean Johnson.

The fastest with a crochet needle was Ms Aletha de Klerk, who managed three squares.

Ms Irma Lederman came second with two squares and Ms Rae Hurwitz came third with one-and-a-half squares.