The annual display of blankets and clothing items knitted by members of the Cambridge Operation Cover-Up team and others in the community drew in plenty of admirers last week.
Pat Smith, left, and Operation Cover-Up blanket display convenor Ruth Shute with some of the many items on display last week. Photos: Viv Posselt
Hundreds of blankets, jumpers, hats and scarves were on display at the Cambridge Baptist Church before being packed up and shipped overseas in time for the European winter.
Operation Cover-Up (OCU) links with the Christian charity, Mission Without Borders, to send knitted blankets and clothes to children in orphanages and struggling communities in Eastern European countries including Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Albania and Croatia.
OCU has been in New Zealand since 2000, and in Cambridge from 2001. Other knitting groups in the community, including those at rest homes and retirement villages, contribute to the annual haul of knitted goods.
Cambridge Resthaven Group at the Cambridge Operation Cover-Up
Morrinsville entries at the Cambridge Operation Cover-Up
Hats at the Cambridge Operation Cover-Up
Blankets at the Cambridge Operation Cover-Up
Viewers at the Cambridge Operation Cover-Up
