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Knitting for the troops
Auckland schoolchildren sewing and knitting clothing for the British and Belgian Relief Fund and New Zealand troops serving overseas, July 1915.
Knitting for Empire
New Zealand women had always knitted, but this reached new heights during the war when hand-made knitted socks, balaclavas, scarves and gloves were in parcels sent to the troops.
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