Volunteer Magee Knitters Make Sure ‘No Head Goes Hatless’
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By: Tim Betler and Jennifer C. Yates
On most Fridays at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Dena Chottiner arrives with bags of yarn and other supplies and settles into a corner of the hospital’s lobby. She is joined by several local women, who surround their sitting area with yellow caution tape and a sign that says “Caution: Knitters at Work.”
Chottiner founded the group, which volunteers their time and knitting talents to make fuzzy hats for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and newborn babies who just need a little extra warmth.The women chat away as they knit hat after hat by hand or on special round looms. View the video above for a closer look at this special group.
