Hyacinth is 60, from Acton and is a blind knitter.

She came over to London 45 years ago and started a large family, of whom she is the only original Jamaican. Now she lives in a supported residential home. She is almost totally blind.

Hyacinth is living proof that a rich and fulfilling cultural life can be had for those with sight loss. She is a keen visitor of art galleries She finds knitting “relaxing and therapeutic”, even though her own prejudice told her initially that it would be boring!