It's always a good thing to have a hobby, such as collecting stamps or baking. For Miss Patty, a school bus driver, her hobby of knitting has made her really touch the community.
有爱好总是一件好事，比如集邮或者烘焙。帕蒂小姐是一名校车司机，她的编织爱好使她真正感动了社会。
Miss Patty always wanted to do something in her spare time to help the students. After a conversation with one of the students, things took a turn from knitting one hat to knitting more hats.
帕蒂小姐总是想利用业余时间做点什么来帮助学生们。与其中一个学生交谈之后，事情出现了转机，让她从编织一顶帽子变成了编织更多的帽子。
"The boy in the school uniform gets on the bus, and he goes 'What are you doing?' I said, 'I'm making a hat.' He said, 'That would be great having such a warm hat in icy winter.' So I said, 'What colour would you like?' That started everything," Miss Patty told the local newspaper.
帕蒂小姐告诉当地报纸：“一个穿着校服的男孩上了校车，他问‘你在做什么’，我说‘我在织帽子’。他说‘在寒冷的冬天能有这样一顶暖和的帽子真是太好了’。于是我说‘你想要什么颜色呢’。这就是一切的开始。”
Several years have passed since that day, and Miss Patty has already knitted 7,083 hats, along with some gloves for students. Sometimes she will get the student's favourite colour before she begins the project.
自那天以来已经过去了好几年，帕蒂小姐已经为学生们织了 7083 顶帽子，还有一些手套。有时开始编织之前，她会先询问学生们最喜欢的颜色。
What is more moving is that Miss Patty buys all the materials using her own cash. Some people do give her gift cards around the Christmas holidays to help, but she still withdraws a lot of dollars from her own bank account. She also manages her time well to keep her kitchen and bedroom tidy, and even to visit the local museum for inspiration.
更让人感动的是，帕蒂小姐都是用自己的钱购买所有材料。圣诞节假期前后，有人会送她礼品卡以示帮助之意，但她仍然会从自己的银行账户中取不少美元。她还把时间管理得很好，保持厨房和卧室的整洁，甚至也去当地博物馆寻找灵感。
Along with the charity act of making pretty hats for the students that will keep them warm, Miss Patty also gets praise for being a trusted friend to the students. Of course, the kids can buy hats from a store, but they always like hers better!
除了为学生们编织能让他们保暖的漂亮帽子这一善举之外，帕蒂小姐还因她是被学生们信赖的朋友而受到称赞。当然，孩子们可以从商店买到帽子，但他们总是更喜欢她做的帽子！