Kateryna Kravchenko from Irpin has knitted 120 pairs of socks for soldiers. How to help her [photos]

Irpin resident Kateryna Kravchenko has hand-knitted 120 pairs of warm socks for Ukrainian soldiers over the summer and autumn.

This was reported by Oleksandr Pashchynskyi, First Deputy Mayor of Irpin, who thanked the volunteer in person and gave her yarn for new socks.

Kateryna has already brought the first 30 pairs to the Maksym Rylskyi Irpin City Public Library. From there the socks will be passed on to soldiers.

Every pair of socks is more than clothing. It is a true talisman, nurtured with prayers, care and boundless love. Every stitch is a quiet “Come back alive, we are waiting”.

Olena Tsyhanenkodirector of the Maksym Rylskyi Library

To keep the work going, Irpin’s knitters need thick, warm yarn: wool, wool blend or acrylic. The colours should be dark, camouflage or neutral: khaki, grey, black, brown, navy blue.

New skeins, leftover yarn and even old knitted items that can be unravelled will all do. They can be brought to the Maksym Rylskyi Library at 3a Shevchenka Street, Irpin.

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Photo: Irpin City Council

Kateryna Kravchenko received yarn for new socks

Photo: Irpin City Council

Yarn being handed to the volunteer

Photo: Irpin City Council

Yarn and knitting on the volunteer’s table

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As a reminder, the Library Spiders volunteers from Bucha sent 48 square metres of autumn camouflage nets to the front.

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