{"id":884,"date":"2011-04-19T17:01:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T17:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?884"},"modified":"2011-04-19T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T17:01:43","slug":"pensioner-supports-soldiers-with-8-hour-knit-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/pensioner-supports-soldiers-with-8-hour-knit-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioner supports soldiers with 8-hour &#8220;knit-in&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pensioner who wants to show she supports soldiers has staged an eight-hour &quot;knit-in&quot; and created batches of handmade scarves for troops in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Herneford from Bristol retirement village Westbury Fields sat in the middle of a cricket pitch to complete the knitting marathon, the Evening Post reports.<\/p>\n<p>As well as making many scarves for members of the armed forces, the 84-year-old placed a donation basket beside her and raised &pound;200 for Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I've been knitting all my life &ndash; that's one small thing I can do &ndash; and I know the scarves will be put to good use by our troops on cold nights,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Herneford has been preparing for the feat by investing in a different colour ball of yarn every week and she managed to create four scarves in red, blue, grey and purple by 13:00 during the knit-in, which lasted from 09:00-17:00 BST.<\/p>\n<p>This follows news that a 68-year-old grandmother stripped off and posed nude for a charity calendar in honour of Help for Heroes, the Oxford Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800506293-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800506293\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly woman is showing her support for soldiers by knitting scarves for 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