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She said one woman came in with 96 squares she had knitted over the weekend.
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Rangi Timothy s first attempt at knitting at the Timaru District Library in 2016. Each week avid and novice knitters get together at the district libraries to get as many squares knitted as possible, as well as completing them at home. Rangi Timothy, one of two male knitters at the Timaru session on Thursday, learnt to knit five years ago as part of therapy for his thoracic outlet syndrome which affected movement in his hands.
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New knitters and the experienced gather weekly at Timaru District Library working towards breaking a world record for the largest blanket fort, from left, Anne Rennie, Val Robertson, Rose Davidson and Heather King.