{"id":1455,"date":"2026-03-29T16:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:09:21","slug":"stitched-with-love-athlone-librarys-heartwarming-gift-to-preemie-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/stitched-with-love-athlone-librarys-heartwarming-gift-to-preemie-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Stitched with Love: Athlone Library\u2019s Heartwarming Gift to Preemie Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-1-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-1-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-1-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-1.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Athlone Library Knitting Club displaying their beautiful handmade caps and booties for premature babies which were crafted with love and community spirit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Athlone Library Knitting Club is proud to share the success of our latest community project: creating handmade caps and booties for premature babies. Our members worked together with care and compassion to support the tiny newborns at Mowbray Maternity Hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premature babies often struggle to regulate their body temperature, and soft, warm knitted items provide essential comfort during their early days. With this in mind, our members dedicated their time and expertise over a period of three months to produce a collection of high-quality caps and matching booties in various premature baby sizes. Using baby-safe, soft acrylic or wool blends, the ladies created a range of gentle pastel and cheerful colours, all crafted according to neonatal sizing guidelines to ensure warmth, safety and a comfortable fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-2-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-2-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-2-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/athlone-2.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Knitted caps and booties officially handed over to Mowbray Maternity Hospital Sister ready to warm and welcome premature little ones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late 2025, the knitting club delivered a beautiful collection of hand-knit caps to Mowbray Maternity Hospital, providing much-needed warmth and comfort to premature infants during their first delicate days The neonatal staff expressed deep gratitude for the donation, noting how vital these supportive items are for families in need. This project perfectly captures the compassion, skill and community spirit of our club members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who dedicated their time and talent to this cause, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with Mowbray Maternity to support even more tiny heroes and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> Nazley Isaacs &amp; Moeniba Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assistant Librarians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Athlone Library <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Athlone Library Knitting Club is proud to share the success of our latest community project: creating handmade caps and booties for premature babies. 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Premature babies often struggle to regulate their body temperature, and soft, warm knitted items [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":30,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-march-2026","tag-athlone-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelistener.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}