Kia ora! We are Premmie Knitting Club.
A virtual tribe of knitters knitting for premature babies and fundraising for preemie related causes.
We’re celebrating 10 years of wrapping Aotearoa’s tiniest babies in warmth, love, and hope through our knitting donations and fundraising.
To mark this milestone, we’re aiming to donate as many peggy square blankets as possible to hospitals across Aotearoa and we’d love your help!
The ask of you
Watch our 1 minute video of Premmie Knitting Club Founder, Courtney talking about our Peggy Square project.
Hear from our founder
Blankets are always needed by the hospitals we support.
The idea is that we’ll have blankets made up of squares knitted by everyone in our community.
Our goal is to create hundreds of blankets to donate to Neonatal Intensive Care Units across Aotearoa.
Questions? please email hello@premmieknittingclub.org
We’re asking everyone to knit one peggy square.
WHAT’S A PEGGY SQUARE BLANKET?
The project consists of twenty knitted squares, each measuring 15 x 15cm, which are later joined to form the finished blanket. We’d love you to knit just one square, but feel free to knit as many as you like!
WHY PEGGY SQUARES?
Peggy squares are simple and manageable in size for knitters of all levels. They are a perfect starting point to learn basic knitting techniques, build confidence, while contributing to a worthy cause! For expert knitters, they are also a great way to use up your spare yarn.
DETAILS
You’ll have from April to June (around 8 weeks) to create one or more peggy squares.
You’re welcome to get family, friends or colleagues involved and make your square a team effort.
You don’t need to sew anything – our amazing volunteers will join all the squares into blankets. If you’d prefer to sew as you go, a finished blanket is made up of 20 squares.
We’re happy to receive crochet squares as well as knitted squares.
Need wool and needles? We’ve made you a pack.
NEEDLES, WOOL, INSTRUCTIONS & A FREE POSTAGE BAG!
If you’re new to knitting and aren’t sure what to choose, you can buy everything you need directly from us. Save yourself a trip to the shops! Our packs of supplies will be shipped to you for free (anywhere in Aotearoa). The price includes a small donation to help us reach our $10,000 fundraising goal!
If sold out, click here to add your name to our waitlist and you’ll receive an email when they back in stock.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE FOR MID MAY DELIVERY
Everything you need to knit a square as part of our Peggy square Stitching Together Aotearoa campaign.
Includes:
Peggy square pattern by Natalie Iogha
Knitting needles
2x balls of 8ply merino yarn (random assorted colours provided), wool provided is enough to make more than one square
Paid postage bag (free postage) to send your knitting back
See this page for more info on our Stitching Together Aotearoa campaign.
HOW TO
KNIT A
PEGGY SQUARE
The Pattern
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15x15cm squares
20 squares make a blanket
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Size 8 (4mm) needles.
Any colour 8ply wool (double knitting, DK weight)
Wool is preferred by the hospitals but some will accept acrylic.
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Everyone’s knitting tension is slightly different and not all 8ply yarns are created equal. You may need to adjust the number of stitches you cast on so that your square is 15cm wide when it is finished.
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Pattern designed by Natalie Iogha
Cast on 30 stitches.
Work 60 rows garter stitch (knit every row), or until your work measures 14.5cm. Once you have completed your cast off row, the final square size should be 15cm.
Cast off 30 stitches.
Wool is preferred by the hospitals but some accept acrylic.
Step-by-step videos
Video tutorials demonstrated by Natalie Iogha
Help!
I’m a
beginner
Share your progress
Please follow and tag us! Our virtual tribe of knitters can share tips if you get stuck too.
Instagram:
@premmieknittingclubnz
Facebook:
@premmieknittingclub
I’ve finished my square.
Thank you so much. We really appreciate your support!
FREE POSTAGE
Premmie Knitting Club is a recipient of NZ Post’s Delivering for Good programme. This means that you can send your knitting back to us for free.
Click the button below, fill out our form, and we will send you a prepaid postage label.
FROM SQUARES TO BLANKETS
Our PKC volunteers will stitch together all of the donated Peggy squares into blankets. A collective effort of knitters nationwide! If you’d like to help stitch Peggy Squares into blankets, then contact us below.
$10k for 10 years
We have lots happening in 2026 to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. From our annual fundraising merch to a nationwide community Peggy Square project, every donation brings us closer to our $10,000 goal.
Let’s celebrate 10 years of care, community, and compassion together.
About Premmie Knitting Club
PKC is a registered NZ charity and a virtual tribe of knitters knitting for premature babies and fundraising for preemie related causes. We are an entirely volunteer (and women run) organisation.
Each year, we donate thousands of knitted items to support Aotearoa’s most vulnerable babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), anything from blankets to singlets, cardigans and more, we work directly with the hospitals to understand what is most needed.