Gardner woman knits 275th baby hat for Morris Hospital
[2008-5-20]
Tag: Sewing Yarn
GARDNER - Irene Huston has spent most of her 89 years knitting and sewing and taking care of others.
It's no surprise that, when she found out Morris Hospital needed people to knit or crochet baby hats for the newborns, she jumped on board without batting an eye.
“I feel like I'm doing something,” said Huston. “I've volunteered my whole life and I like it.”
Last June, Huston was given the directions to the hats the hospital gives each newborn and she tried her hand at both the knitted version and the crocheted version. It didn't take her long to figure out she preferred the knitted directions.
“They sent me the directions in a letter and I didn't like the directions for the crocheted hat,” said Huston. “I do like the knitted one and I always make tassels on top.”
She said most of the yarn she uses is donated to her, sometimes anonymously, sometimes from family.
“I've bought very little of the yarn I've used,” she said. “It hasn't cost anything and they turn out so cute.”
She said she fell and broke her hip right after she started making the hats last summer and she spent her time in the nursing home knitting about two hats a day to be handed over to the hospital every time she reaches 25.
She said she has made over 275 hats to date and isn't stopping any time soon.
“I don't do as many as two a day now,” she said. “I'm busy knitting other things and sewing.”
Huston not only knits the baby hats, but also knits pot holders, wash rags, afghans, and hat and scarf sets for American Girl dolls.
She said she always looks for pictures of newborns in the newspaper and often wonders if the hats they are wearing are ones she has knit.
She said she and her husband of 68 years, Laverne “Buster,” don't get out as much as they used to and they spend their evenings in front of the television with him watching and her knitting.
Buster will be celebrating his 95th birthday next week and, she said, in the last year they've slowed down due to health reasons.
The newborns at the Morris Hospital weren't the first babies to wear creations created by Huston though. She used to work at what she calls “the baby factory” in downtown Gardner, a business she said sewed baby sleepers.
“They weren't about the quality as much as the quantity there, though,” she said. “If it wasn't sewn right, they'd bring it back to you, though.”
She said she spent most of her life sewing for others in town, often times just providing alterations, other times sewing complete outfits.
She still sews and has her sewing machine set up in her kitchen, where she takes pieces cut out by her sister and pieces them together to create outfits for American Girl dolls.
“I like making the American Girl clothes,” she said. “My granddaughters sell them for me, one on eBay, the other to people she knows.”
She said she likes to sew them because there is no mess, since her sister takes the time to cut them all out for her.
GARDNER - Irene Huston has spent most of her 89 years knitting and sewing and taking care of others.
It's no surprise that, when she found out Morris Hospital needed people to knit or crochet baby hats for the newborns, she jumped on board without batting an eye.
“I feel like I'm doing something,” said Huston. “I've volunteered my whole life and I like it.”
Last June, Huston was given the directions to the hats the hospital gives each newborn and she tried her hand at both the knitted version and the crocheted version. It didn't take her long to figure out she preferred the knitted directions.
“They sent me the directions in a letter and I didn't like the directions for the crocheted hat,” said Huston. “I do like the knitted one and I always make tassels on top.”
She said most of the yarn she uses is donated to her, sometimes anonymously, sometimes from family.
“I've bought very little of the yarn I've used,” she said. “It hasn't cost anything and they turn out so cute.”
She said she fell and broke her hip right after she started making the hats last summer and she spent her time in the nursing home knitting about two hats a day to be handed over to the hospital every time she reaches 25.
She said she has made over 275 hats to date and isn't stopping any time soon.
“I don't do as many as two a day now,” she said. “I'm busy knitting other things and sewing.”
Huston not only knits the baby hats, but also knits pot holders, wash rags, afghans, and hat and scarf sets for American Girl dolls.
She said she always looks for pictures of newborns in the newspaper and often wonders if the hats they are wearing are ones she has knit.
She said she and her husband of 68 years, Laverne “Buster,” don't get out as much as they used to and they spend their evenings in front of the television with him watching and her knitting.
Buster will be celebrating his 95th birthday next week and, she said, in the last year they've slowed down due to health reasons.
The newborns at the Morris Hospital weren't the first babies to wear creations created by Huston though. She used to work at what she calls “the baby factory” in downtown Gardner, a business she said sewed baby sleepers.
“They weren't about the quality as much as the quantity there, though,” she said. “If it wasn't sewn right, they'd bring it back to you, though.”
She said she spent most of her life sewing for others in town, often times just providing alterations, other times sewing complete outfits.
She still sews and has her sewing machine set up in her kitchen, where she takes pieces cut out by her sister and pieces them together to create outfits for American Girl dolls.
“I like making the American Girl clothes,” she said. “My granddaughters sell them for me, one on eBay, the other to people she knows.”
She said she likes to sew them because there is no mess, since her sister takes the time to cut them all out for her.
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