Dorrie Gough of Crownthorpe was 7 when her nana taught her to knit - and she has wielded the knitting needles expertly since.
Dorrie is 92 and asked how the fingers were standing up to casting and purling and stitching these days she held them out with a smile and said "they're fine".
She arrived at the Napier office of Hawke's Bay Today yesterday morning carrying one bag of knitted goodies and her daughter carried three others.
"For the Christmas Cheer Appeal," she said.
"It is such a good cause."