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<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Knitters give babies a warm welcome<br />
FOUR WOMEN from<br />
Ferrymead Rotary have knitted<br />
almost 100 garments for babies<br />
born at the Christchurch<br />
Women’s Hospital this year.<br />
Pat Edward, Debbie Woolf,<br />
Kathryn Tovgaard and Barbara<br />
Crooks began the project about<br />
four months ago, although the<br />
Ferrymead Rotary group has<br />
been providing knitted clothing<br />
to the hospital for some time.<br />
Kathryn has personally been<br />
knitting for the hospital for five<br />
years.<br />
Barbara said they intensified<br />
their efforts this year after<br />
receiving a call for help from the<br />
hospital.<br />
All babies born at the hospital<br />
are given a woollen hat at birth,<br />
while woollen singlets, matinee<br />
jackets and booties are available<br />
for mothers to take home.<br />
So far, the group has knitted<br />
more than 60 woolly hats, with<br />
Pat heading the count.<br />
The hats produced are a variety<br />
of different sizes and colours.<br />
Barbara said Ferrymead<br />
Rotary has funded some of the<br />
wool, but all of the knitters’ time<br />
is given voluntarily.<br />
They estimate up to seven<br />
hours goes into making each hat.<br />
Most of the knitting has been<br />
done individually, although the<br />
four have got together from time<br />
to time to share wool and<br />
swap notes.<br />
Acknowledging Rotary clubs<br />
used to be men only, Kathryn<br />
said: “People don’t necessarily<br />
connect Rotarians with knitting<br />
but anything is possible.”<br />
She said being a part of<br />
a Rotary club was a family<br />
tradition.<br />
“One thing I said a long time<br />
ago was that I always wanted<br />
to help out in the community<br />
throughout my life,” she said.<br />
“A group of people can do<br />
so much more than just an<br />
individual.”<br />
CHAMPION KNITTERS:<br />
Ferrymead Rotary’s Kathryn<br />
Tovgaard, Debbie Woolf, Pat<br />
Edward and Barbara Crooks<br />
have knitted almost 100<br />
garments for new babies,<br />
while Pat tries on a hat for<br />
size (above).<br />
Ferrymead Rotary community<br />
director Debbie Woolf said the<br />
club is also working on making<br />
singlets and booties for Plunket<br />
and supplying the Methodist<br />
Mission with bedding, jerseys,<br />
hats, scarves, gloves and shoes.<br />
The Mission gives these items,<br />
donated or sourced by Rotary<br />
members, to homeless people.<br />
For more information about<br />
Ferrymead Rotary and its<br />
community projects, phone<br />
secretary Kathryn Tovgaard<br />
on 384 9485.<br />
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