Everything had been prepared beforehand: two double-faced heads cut out and stitched, bodies (male and female) also stitched, and an array of threads, buttons and wools for eyes etc.
We had all the details of how to go about making the puppets with two faces so that they had, for example, a happy face on the front and a sad one when turned around.
The fun of stitching these things began! Of course Amanda Smith finished hers by the end of the evening but most of us took ours home in various stages of incompletion. Mine took ages to finish, with added details of collars, hair, hands etc. Not so easy!
We hope these puppets will be useful tools in helping young children talk about traumatic experiences.
A most enjoyable evening and thanks to Karen for the mountain of preparation that made it possible.
For more information about the puppets see https://www.knitfornowt.org. Patterns for the sewn puppets can be found here.
By Maureen Ergeneli
