Successful 'octopus knit' for Antrim's neo-natal babies

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Antrim Area Hospital

by Roger Donnelly

A modest effort to help premature babies at Antrim Area hospital has become a runaway success!

Unison Causeway's Caroline Campbell had initially asked a few friends to knit special 'octopus' toys for the neo-natal unit.

Its 'tentacles' remind premature babies of the umbilical cord with mum.

But so many fake sea creatures are now being knitted, Caroline says there'll be plenty to spare:


 

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