GOULBURN’S Rambo will be a little warmer this winter, thanks to a group of avid knitters who on Friday presented him with a large woollen scarf.
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Hundreds gathered at South Goulburn on Friday morning to see Goulburn’s woolliest icon receive the special 150th gift.
TV crews stood among locals and travellers passing by craned their necks to get a good look at the procedure which took a crane, more than 10 men and around half an hour to complete.
“A lot of love has gone in to it… to me it is just magical,” Goulburn Knitters’ Guild representative Susan McDonnell said on Friday.
“The real magic was bringing the community together… To see so many people here today is just very gratifying.”
Over a hundred locals knitted for more than 2300 hours to complete the accessory. Almost 71 kilometres of yarn (enough to stretch from here to Moss Vale) was used in the process.
NSW Senator Ursula Stephens stood among the crowd on the day, admiring the hard work put in by the women.
“Rambo is an icon and this is a great way for Goulburn to be put on the map,” Senator Stephens said.
“The woollen scarf, which has been knitted with such love and care, is of particular importance as today is International Women’s Day; I congratulate (the women) for coming up with such a novel and beautiful idea.”
Mayor Geoff Kettle officially welcomed the colourful addition to the Big Merino, and on behalf of council thanked the Goulburn Knitters for their contribution to the City’s 150th.
“Congratulations to the Knitters Guild and the people involved for putting it all together,” he said. Candidate for Hume Angus Taylor spoke on behalf of MP Alby Schultz.
The work isn’t over for the knitters’ just yet, who still have to put together the left over squares from the giant scarf.
“The left over woollen squares will be put together to send to Wrapped with Love,” Ms McDonnell revealed.
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