JOURNAL readers have left Kinmel Bay pensioner Patricia Jones over the moon with their response to her wool appeal.
Mrs Jones has thanked kind-hearted readers for their help with her Haiti appeal, with wool flowing in to keep her keep crocheting blankets for the appeal.
The Journal's Kinmel Street office was inundated by donations after we reported the 68-year-old partially-sighted grandmother's plea.
Patricia had exhausted her wool supply after donating 50 blankets to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and could not afford to keep making them.
She said: "I was shocked to see so much wool and see that so many people care. I was speechless, I did not think there would be that much. I would like to say thank you very much to everybody who has helped.
"I want to send some of the blankets off to Haiti for the newborn babies, but I also want to help local charities as well."
After the death of her husband Brian from cancer two years ago, Patricia took up crocheting to cope with her grief.
She said: "This will keep me from being upset, I've lost five of my family in less than 12 months and my husband, and instead of thinking about that, I can do something that can help other people. This will keep me going.
"I didn't want to stop doing this. I've got ten blankets ready to go and there will be a few more by the end of the week.
"I'm overwhelmed that so many people care. I didn't think there would be this much. I'm so grateful to everybody who has done this. I want to give them a big thank you, I am over the moon, I couldn't believe it. It has restored my faith in people."
Norma Hepburn, 67, of Prestatyn, was one of a number of readers who contacted the paper to donate wool.
She said: "You get bits of wool left over, sometimes they are full balls. I was thinking what to do with them. I think she is great for what she is doing."
Pat Parker, receptionist at the Journal's office, said: "Everybody has responded fantastically. We have had all sorts of people, all generations have been bringing in bin bags full. There is quite a lot."