About PKC

Premmie Knitting Club (PKC) is a registered NZ charity (CC57485) providing knitted items for NICU’s in NZ and Australia. We are a virtual tribe of knitters knitting for premature babies and fundraising for preemie related causes.

We welcome sharing of patterns, ideas and love the community that we are creating with like minded knitters and people who have a connection to the NICU.

We are run from Auckland, but we donate knitting across New Zealand — and now have a local hub in Christchurch to facilitate South Island donations.

Premmie Knitting Club has a small volunteer board with five current members (Britt, Nina, Michelle, Courtney and Catherine). All board members have a connection to the NICU and/or knitting and aim to operate a charity that provides support in a tangible way and donates as much as possible to hospitals and organisations that look after premature babies.

Courtney's story

Courtney was born premature and spent the first four months of her life in the NICU at National Womens Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. Her parents made sure that she understood from a young age how life changing the support of the Doctors, Nurses and Support Staff are for preemies and their families.

Ever since she was young, she’s always wanted to give back and help the NICU since they helped her family and her so much. 

She started her first knitting appeal on 2016 and realised there was a tribe of amazing people out there willing to help... family, friends, friends of friends, colleagues and even people she had never met but who love to knit, some wanted a cause to knit for, while others had a personal connection to the NICU.

Since 2018, with the help of some fantastic media coverage, our annual winter campaign has collected thousands of knits in NZ and Australia each year! It grows each year and we now receive support from a huge number of knitters.

A few years ago, Courtney's mum Michelle joined the board and now does the majority of the sorting and donating of knits, which is a huge task given the thousands of items we receive each year!

Our community and the knits we receive continues to grow and we’re excited to see what 2025 has in store for us.