Poetry in motion

Mum went up to sit with the Pink Ladies today.
There were about six of them all knitting and crocheting for the hospital shop. She sat and chatted and when she came out she uttered a verse in German from Schiller's poem Das Lied von der Glocke (Song of the Bell).

Tausend fleißige Hände regen,
Helfen sich in muntrem Bund.

(Thousands of busy hands stir,
Help each other in happy union.)

Here's a rug that Mum made from wool remnants as part of the efforts of the Pink Ladies for the hospital shop.