{"id":73041,"date":"2014-07-02T00:33:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=73041"},"modified":"2020-11-30T11:09:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T01:09:26","slug":"angels-love-helping-and-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/07\/02\/angels-love-helping-and-knitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Love Helping (and Knitting)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lyn Ride, from Upper Yarraman, is working on a baby’s blanket … she’s pictured with Jayne Deshon, from Boehringer Ingelheim, and some of the balls of wool the company donated to the group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 2, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once a month a group of “angels” gathers at the Kingaroy RSL Club, needles in hand, to knit, and knit, and knit (and crochet).<\/p>\n

The South Burnett Angel Knitters and Crocheters Group is one of those community groups that is making a big difference – both locally and internationally – without much publicity or praise.<\/p>\n

The 35 active members craft blankets for foster children; jumpers, beanies and gloves for the homeless; trauma teddies; hospital blankets; caps, booties and mittens for premature babies; socks and knee rugs for the elderly; and beanies for cancer patients.<\/p>\n

They provide knitted items to Centacare, the South Burnett Private Hospital and local women’s shelters.<\/p>\n

A very special calling is creating “memory boxes”, knitted kits which include mittens, booties, \u00a0a jacket and blanket for still-born babies.<\/p>\n

Last month, an amazing six bags of garments were delivered to local charities.<\/p>\n

The items are distributed throughout the South Burnett, but also much further afield, including overseas.<\/p>\n

The Angel Knitters also create thick-knitted items for extreme cold areas in Europe, blankets for a Fistula clinic in Ethiopia, and a variety of items for orphanages in Zimbabwe and Thailand.<\/p>\n

All this takes wool … and a lot of it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jayne Deshon, from duboisia processor\u00a0Boehringer Ingelheim, came into contact with the Angel Knitters for the first time when she worked for South Burnett CTC.<\/p>\n

“Every single time I asked for help for a client, they gave me a blanket,” she said.<\/p>\n

Jayne delivered a load of Bendigo wool, courtesy of \u00a0Boehringer,\u00a0\u00a0to the knitters at the Angels’ meeting last Thursday.<\/p>\n

“It’s a wonderful help,” Angel Knitters’ co-ordinator Carla Cross said.<\/p>\n

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington was a special guest speaker at the meeting, and was full of praise for the women and the work they perform.<\/p>\n

Another special guest was Carol Hawkshaw, from Buxton near Childers, who spoke to the group about “knitted knockers”, knitted prostheses for women who have had a mastectomy.<\/p>\n

The South Burnett Angel Knitters and Crocheters Groups meets on the fourth Thursday of the month (except December) at the Tobruk Room in the Kingaroy RSL Club from 10:00am to 1:00pm. New members are always welcome.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

[UPDATED with correction]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marling Dascombe and Chris Box with some of the hundreds of blankets the group has made recently … a load of blankets was delivered to the South Burnett Private Hospital earlier this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lurline Spoor (with a “knitted knocker”), Hazel Sweeney (with “memory box” items), group co-ordinator Carla Cross, Robyn Cobby and Ann Butwell\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lurline Spoor, left, and Marling Dascombe, right, with the special guest speaker at last Thursday’s meeting, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And A Big Thank You!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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When Coolabunia State School students heard about the Angel Knitters they started fundraising for the group … students Jessie Bond, left, and Robyn Sawtell, handed over a cheque for $310 to Marling Dascombe and Carla Cross last Friday; the school raised the money by holding Milo days and a free dress day (Photo: Angel Knitters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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