PEABODY – There’s something about bundling up in a nice, cozy blanket during the winter months in New England. But not everyone gets to revel in the comforts of a big blanket, and that’s something that Brooksby Village resident Beverly Kenworthy is hoping to change.Her mission began after the Sept. 11 attacks.”I saw an article in the newspaper that they needed people to assemble afghans,” Kenworthy said. “I went up there every weekend and put them together.”In March, the 77-year-old wanted to take her afghan-making skills to another level. She posted a notice asking her Brooksby Village neighbors to donate handmade 7-by-9-inch squares that she would later knit into one large afghan. Once completed, Kenworthy promised to donate each afghan to local abused women shelters.”The response was overwhelming,” said Kenworthy. “I was hoping for two or three (people) and 38 signed up on the first day.”Since then, Kenworthy has put together 25 afghans, all of which have been donated to two Peabody shelters, HAWC (Help for Abused Women and Children) and Inn Transition. It takes 49 squares and approximately 18 hours to finish, but Kenworthy said it’s all worth it.”It’s the look on their faces,” said Kenworthy, of both those who make the squares with so much care, and those who receive the finished afghans. “That’s what keeps me going.”Kenworthy has been sewing and knitting since she can remember. She makes many of her own sweaters, as well as her children’s hat and socks. She’s also made a baby blanket for each grandchild.As for the afghans made for the shelters, “I meant for them to be a sort of snuggle thing,” said Kenworthy. “For the joy of the colors and the warmth of the afghan, so mother and child could cuddle together and keep warm.”Inside each afghan is a note that tells the recipient that it was made specifically for them with much care.”Unfortunately, there’s always more abused families,” said Kenworthy. “We like them to take their afghan with them as a sort of a joyful thing?That someone cared about them.”Kenworthy plans to keep making afghans for the women as long as her body lets her. She only hopes that someone will take the reigns when she’s no longer able to do it.”It’s certainly fulfilling for me, I tell you,” she said. “Seeing the faces of the women both here and out there is just a real joy.”