A wave of knitted poppies has swept into Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, as part of its World War 1 commemorations.
The Otago Settlers Association has helped co-ordinate the overall knitting efforts for the museum, and many association members, including president Susan Schweigman, have taken part in the project.
Organisers are confident more than 2000 knitted poppies will be received, and are urging people who have some to bring them to the museum today or tomorrow.
The poppies would be displayed on a wall at ''Call to Arms'', the museum's permanent military exhibition area, from Anzac Day until the WW1 commemoration ends in 2018.
More than 1900 men from Dunedin were killed during the four-year war, and each will be represented by a poppy in the display.
Mrs Schweigman was ''overwhelmed'' by the strong response from poppy knitters.
Association members and other knitters had also worked on their poppies at the museum and ''the companionship has been enjoyable'', she said.
Many other community groups had also taken up the challenge.
Errol Thompson, master of the Roslyn Morning Star Freemasons lodge, and his wife, Mavis, dropped off 80 poppies at the museum yesterday, Mrs Thompson having knitted 19 herself.
Museum visitor experience manager Kirsty Glengarry said the project had clearly ''struck a chord'' with Dunedin residents and visitors.
Toitu director Jennifer Evans said the public response had been ''fabulous''.
The age of the knitters ranged from teenagers to a 100-year-old association member, she said.
