Greek Grandmother Makes Scarves for Children in Need — VOA Learning English
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In her small home in the capital of Greece, Athens, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need from Greece to Bosnia to Ukraine. She has no plans to stop just yet.
"Until I die, I will be knitting," Matsouka told Reuters. Her knitting tools called needles made noises through her expert fingers, her nails painted red. "It brings me joy to share them,” she said.
Since she took up knitting in the 1990s, Matsouka has easily made over 3,000 scarves, her daughters estimate.
By the door to her home, bags filled with her latest creations await their new owners. A knitted blanket is thrown over a large chair where she spends her days.
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