Knitting seems to have been newsworthy in Leeton for some time now. Our library knitters were featured in the Irrigator last week as they showed off the rugs and squares they have been knitting for the Wrap With Love charity.
50 years ago on the front page of the Murrumbidgee Irrigator - July 4, 1941 one of the headlines was Red Cross Comforts - Competition for Knitters. Knitters were encouraged to get the needles out and start knitting comforts for the soldiers. Mrs Luhrs donated the first prize of 10/- to go to the person who knitted up the greatest number of skeins of wool. A second prize of 5/- was donated by Mrs H. Ross. The competition was expected to bring knitting needles into top speed and create friendly rivalry among the "knitter bugs".
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