Meera Bains - CBC NewsKnitting and being behind bars isn't the likeliest combination, but that's where 41-year-old Nelson Mendonca took up the hobby. It was part of art therapy and although he had a lot on his mind in jail, he picked up a round knitting loom brought in by staff to create toques. When Mendonca later joined a 90-day live-in treatment program at the Phoenix Society's transitional housing in Surrey, he returned to loom knitting as a way to overcome his anxiety and loneliness.ADVERTISEMENT"The first thing that came...…Meera Bains - CBC NewsKnitting and being behind bars isn't the likeliest combination, but that's where 41-year-old Nelson Mendonca took up the hobby. It was part of art therapy and although he had a lot on his mind in jail, he picked up a round knitting loom brought in by staff to create toques. When Mendonca later joined a 90-day live-in treatment program at the Phoenix Society's transitional housing in Surrey, he returned to loom knitting as a way to overcome his anxiety and loneliness.ADVERTISEMENT"The first thing that came...WW…