Grandfather With Cancer Teaches Himself To Knit So He Could Make Hats For Premature Babies At 86-Years-Old

Jun 13, 2019 by apost team

An 86-year-old grandpa from Acworth, Georgia is making national headlines with his impressive knitting skills. ABC News reported on Ed Moseley's story, a resident of Dogwood Forest Assisted Living Center. Ed is a retired engineer who found a surprising new purpose in life when his retirement home was asked to help knit caps for premature babies at Northside Hospital’s Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit.

The Atlanta hospital provides the caps to the babies as a gesture of support for the parents, who are at the center of a whirlwind of emotion as their young children struggle in the first few weeks of their lives.

Ed, who is also battling cancer, knew that he wanted to help with the project. While possessing no previous knowledge of knitting or sewing, Ed had his daughter to buy him a kit and quickly learned the skill. When Inside Edition asked him how he was able to learn to knit with such speed, he joked that he relied on his reading skills and engineer background. Ed soon devoted most of his days to making the caps, working in his room with Lisa, his care manager.

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Ed’s positivity and work ethic soon encouraged other residents of Dogwood Forest to join the knitting group. With a kind smile on his face, the retired engineer told those who weren’t sure about joining the group that if he could learn to knit, others could do so too. Together, the group of seniors made 300 caps for the preemies, 55 of which were knitted by Ed himself.

Staff at Northside Hospital were touched by the amazing effort put forth by Ed’s group. Nurse Linda Kelly, the clinical manager at the hospital, told ABC News that the gift of the caps will help alleviate some of the parents’ emotional stress. Continuing, Nurse Kelly says that the world too often looks on preemies as patients. The colorful caps remind everyone that a new life has entered the world.

Ed himself is proud that his caps are bringing joy to the lives of others. The kindhearted grandpa continues to make caps for the hospital and is even in the process of knitting caps for the kids in his own life, including his grandchildren.

It is wonderful to see somebody pay it forward in such an amazing way. What do you think of Ed Moseley’s efforts to knit caps for the premature babies at Northside Hospital?