Joyce Yeo is 99 and her hands wield needles and yarn to knit blankets for people in need of warmth and kindness

By Ainslee Dennis
June 30 2017 - 4:00am
Birthday girl: Joyce Yeo of Cundletown says the reality of being 99-years-old “seems to have hit me all of a sudden.” Photo: Ainslee Dennis.
Birthday girl: Joyce Yeo of Cundletown says the reality of being 99-years-old “seems to have hit me all of a sudden.” Photo: Ainslee Dennis.

The hands of 99-year-old Joyce Yeo gently work yarn around knitting needles and she laughs as she shares, “I don’t knit as quickly now, I used to be able to knit a 10-inch square a day!”

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