warming--homeless person knits baby blankets
 

Every spare minute he has, Downey, of Des Moines, Iowa, can be found knitting baby blankets.
"If I really concentrate, it only takes me two days to make one, non-stop," he told ABCNEWS affiliate WOI-TV in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Downey lost his job for health reasons and now lives at the Door of Faith Mission.

He takes a little ribbing for the knitting, but said it helps him relax and helps him to quit smoking.

"I could be in my own world," Downey said. "It's very relaxing."

He said he started knitting as a young boy, and he likes to give things to people, so he put the two together.

Baby Blanket

The former nurse's aide takes the finished blankets to the Mercy Hospital birthing unit, where some lucky baby who needs a blanket will get a Downey original.

"It's nicely crocheted," said Marcia Crois, a nurse at the unit, of one example. "It will go with any sex — boy or girl."

Unit secretary Vickie Thompson said Downey approached her about giving the blankets last month.

"He's good," she said of Downey's skills. "Better than me."

"Everybody has an art," Downey said. "This is my art."


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wow...very nice of him! :yes:

Wow, that's a very cool thing to do. :bow:

considering hes homeless he truly has a big hear to think of others first.

Wow. That kinda makes you take a step back.

The guy has nothing, but isn't even thinking of himself. Now if we could all do something like that....

nicest guy alive..:bow: :bow: wow...

What kind of guy knits? JFWY....nice thing to do, that's for sure, brothas

cool......

That's because people from Iowa are the best... ;)

I can just imagine all of you following this example.... Next thing you know, you'll be in your car sitting at a stoplight when someone pulls up next to you and starts revving on ya... when they look your way to give you a challenging nod, they see you are feverishly working on your knitting.... :pfft:

heh heh... seriously, very nice story. Too bad more people didn't have the generous spirit he does.