Fred Rogers’ Neighbors: A Carnegie Mellon Story

CMU alumni share stories of their time on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" Knitting Together: Rae Gold. Rae Gold removed the sleeves of the green sweater and tried to hand-knit them back together in order to correct the length of the arms, but the stitches would not properly align. A professional weaver and machine knitter for decades, this particular job was making her nervous. This was Fred Rogers ' sweater. " Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ," the educational children's television program produced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had approached Gold's machine knitters group looking for someone to appear in a segment about knitting. Gold volunteered. After Gold's television debut, the production staff asked if she would be able to alter Rogers' green sweater.