Resident's hobby helps premature babies

A life-long knitter, Chino resident and Citrus College employee Glenna Johnson expanded her knitting for the purpose of making beanie caps for premature babies at neo-natal hospitals.

"My sister had given me a calendar for Christmas that featured a new knitting pattern every day. I was overjoyed and had visions of knitted articles floating around my head," she said. "One of the patterns was for a beanie cap for a premature baby and it included information about donating the finished cap to hospital neo-natal units."

Johnson is busy recruiting others to help in creating the beanies.

"When I became bored with the pattern I was doing, I searched the Internet and discovered a treasure trove of patterns for baby beanies," she said. "Now, I have been making them for several years and my daughter has joined in the fun.

"We change our patterns and colors for variety and, between the two of us, have quite a collection of leftover yarn bits and knitting patterns."

According to Johnson, most hospitals with neo-natal units will accept donations of knitted items for babies.