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.
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
Help!
I’m a
beginner
Video tutorials demonstrated by Natalie Iogha
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 labels
DELIVERING FOR GOOD
You can read our latest update here.
ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR POSTAGE LABEL?
You can still use it to send your parcel up until 30 June. We suggest sending by mid June to ensure your package gets to us during the free postage period.
STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE YOUR POSTAGE LABEL?
Thanks for your patience. We have received hundreds of requests this week so are still processing them all. We’ll be in touch!
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POST TO OUR PO BOX
Premmie Knitting Club HQ
ATTN: Premmie Knitting Club
PO Box 33-1630
Takapuna, Auckland 0622
DROP-OFF LOCATIONS
Find your closest location in the list below. We’re actively working to secure more drop-off points around Aotearoa to make it easier for you to donate your creations.
Stitching up
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.
Drop off your squares & knitting
The following businesses, community centres and generous local supporters have volunteered to be drop-off points for your Peggy squares, and knitted items. Email us if you’d like to volunteer your business as an extra location to help our nationwide collection.
Upper North Island
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Northland Hospitality
106 Lower Dent Street
Whangārei 0110
Monday to Friday 8.30am—5pm. -
Dargaville Sewing & Curtain Centre
51 Normanby Street,
Dargaville 0310
Monday to Friday 9am—5pm
Saturday 10am—12.30pm -
Lovely Wendy is happy to connect with anyone locally and deliver knitting together so please message us if you want more details.
Email us and we can connect you with Wendy. -
Takapuna Library
9 The Strand
Takapuna
Auckland 0622Monday to Thursday 9am—5.30pm
Friday 9am—5pm
Saturday & Sunday 9.30am—4.30pm -
Benefitz
5 Parkway Drive
Rosedale
Auckland 0632
ATTN: Courtney Bennett -
The Wool Shop
320 Remuera Road,
Remuera, Auckland 1050Monday to Friday 10am—5pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am—2pm -
Dunkirk Road Activity Centre
50 Dunkirk Road,
Panmure, Auckland 1072
Monday or Wednesday 10am—12pm. -
Hauraki Tyre & Battery
314 Pollen Street
Thames 3500 -
Harcourts
157 Whitaker Street
Te Aroha 3320 -
Harcourts Chartwell Mall
Westfield Chartwell Crescent
Chartwell
Waikato 3210 -
Little Split P
540 Victoria Street
Hamilton Central 3204
Tuesday to Sat 9 am—4 pm -
PFS Engineering Limited
175 Riverlea Road
Riverlea
Hamilton 3216
Monday to Friday 8am—4pm -
Te Puke Library
130 Jellicoe Street,
Te Puke 3119Monday to Friday 9am—5pm
Saturday 9am—12pm
Except public holidays
Drop to anyone at the front counter, and let them know they're for Linda. -
Rock Me Revamp
52 Arawa Street
Matamata 3400Monday to Friday 9am—6pm
Saturday 9am—1pm -
Lovely Allison will be sending a big box and is happy to share postage for locals so let us know if you want details.
Email us and we can connect you with Allison.
Lower North Island
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Turners Trucks & Machinery Tauranga
24 Patene Place
Tauriko
Tauranga 3171Monday to Friday 8:30am—4:30pm
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Age Concern Rotorua
5 Tarewa Place
Rotorua 3010
Tuesday to Thursday 9am—2pm -
Cottage Flair
1129 Eruera Street
Rotorua 3010
Tuesday to Friday 9:30am—4:30pm
Saturday 9:30am—3.00pm -
Farm Source Waitara
66 McLean Street
Waitara 4320
Monday to Friday 8am—5pm
Contact Colleen -
Sport Hawkes Bay Office
Pettigrew Green Arena
480 Gloucester Street
Taradale 4112Monday to Wednesday 9am—3pm
ATTN: Pia -
Curtis Fabrics
Tavistock Hotel
131 Ruataniwha Street
Waipukurau 4200 -
Joy of Yarn
Level 1/149 Willis Street
Te Aro, Wellington 6011
Monday to Saturday 10am—5pm
Drop your squares or knitting to James -
Capital Quilters
Capital Quilters are having guild meetings on May 30th and June 27th at Waterloo School Hall and are happy to accept donations then.
South Island
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Access Community Health
257 Queen Street
Richmond 7020Monday to Friday 8am—4.30pm
There is a box in reception for knitting. -
Wild Earth Yarns
335 Lincoln Road
Addington
Christchurch 8024 -
Christchurch Orthodontics
Level 1, 91 Picton Avenue
Riccarton
Christchurch 8011
Monday to Friday 8am—5pm -
Wānaka Library
1 Bullock Creek Lane
Dunmore Street
Wānaka 9305Monday to Wednesday 9am—5.30pm
Thursday 9am—7pm
Friday 9am—5.30pm
Saturday 10am—5pmDrop your knits to the front desk
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Mitre 10 Mega
1 Dee Street
Oamaru 9400Monday to Friday 7am—6pm
Saturday and Sunday 8am—5pm
Please donate with attention Nicky. -
Dunedin Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre (DUDAC).
Drop at reception
18 Filleul Street Dunedin.
7 days a week, all hours
Key contact: Michelle Lawrence
$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.