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Wrap with Love is an Australian

knitted wraps (used as blankets) as gifts for people who have exposed to the cold and susceptible to hypothermia and especially those who have experienced loss and trauma as a result of war.[1][2] The wraps are knitted, transported and assembled by volunteers.[3]
Over 30,000 volunteers around Australia have been involved in the project and more than a quarter of a million woollen wraps have been produced.[3] The wraps are created by knitting 28 equally sized squares in Garter stitch, sewn together into blankets of 4 x 7 squares.[4] Although simple, this formula allows for an almost unlimited variety and the resulting wrap is a unique possession for its final owner. Some wraps incorporate a single stylised kangaroo as a symbol of their origin.[5]

Knit-in

Detail of knitted wrap square with kangaroo motif

In 2003, ABC Sydney Radio Station

community halls and local libraries across the country.[7][8]

Collection and distribution

Finished wraps are collected by over twenty non-denominational and non-political aid agencies and taken to a warehouse in

Swaziland, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[10]

See also

  • Knitting clubs

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrap with Love - The Movement". 702 ABC Sydney. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. Kincoppal-Rose Bay
    . Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Wrap with Love. What They Do". Society of Arts and Crafts. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Instructions for making squares". Society of Arts and Crafts. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ Catterns, Angela (29 June 2011). "The KNIT IN Story". 702 ABC Sydney. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ "All wrapped up: ABC Knit In". About the ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Rylstone/Kandos briefs for August 6". Mudgee Guardian. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Wrap with Love spreads comfort around the world". World Vision. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  9. ^ "World Vision Letter and Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 4 September 2014.

External links

Wrap with Love website https://www.wrapwithlove.org/

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