Rest-home knitting for refugees

Knitters at Rose Lodge rest-home have worked for the past year, knitting blankets and vests for the Red Cross.

At the forefront is Leslie Leith who said she had been knitting on and off since last winter.

"It’s a good way to keep busy ... keeps my hands moving," she said.

Donna Hunt is the activities co-ordinator at Rose Lodge and organised this initiative.

She will be taking it to Red Cross and said it would be going to refugees and immigrants who came to New Zealand with nothing.