Knitting Group Presents its First Blankets for 2020
Now in its fourteenth year, the Knitting Group meets each Thursday lunch to knit squares which become blankets for the less fortunate in our local community. Each year the group holds an annual mid winter presentation of blankets to the St Vincent de Paul Society and we often have guest speakers from the organisation. Due to Covid we were unable to have our normal speakers from St Vincent de Paul and Ms Lennox generously came and spoke to the group. She was impressed by the array of blankets and thanked the girls for their dedication and for living out true Benedictine values.We also thank Mr Julian Nash for taking photos of our presentation, something that he has done for many years.
In 2020 the Knitting Group has had to change its regular practices. We would normally have a host of ex-staff and friends of the College come and work with the girls each week. This year our knitting helpers have been supporting us from home with knitting and assembling blankets together. Most of the girls at school have been working on joining the squares together and sewing the 'Handmade With Love by St Patrick's College Knitting Group' labels on to the blankets and scarves.
Despite all the hurdles of a Covid year, the group has managed thus far to create 28 blankets, 21 scarves and two shawls (51 items in total). This is a tremendous effort and we still have the remainder of the term to continue working on creating more blankets.
Fran Musico-Rullo - HSIE Teacher
