A KNITTING project to help the homeless is growing by the day at three cafes and two schools in the Frankston area.
Di MacDonald decided to begin the ‘Knit-A-Row and Go’ initiative after seeing a Facebook page two years ago showing a South African shop owner encouraging locals to knit scarves for homeless people.
The Frankston resident dropped off knitting needles, yarn and instructions for a ‘feel good pattern’ at the Street Express Cafe in Chelsea and encouraged knitters dropping in for a cuppa to knit as many lines as they liked to make blankets for the homeless.
“I moved back down to Frankston about a year ago and wanted to keep it going here,” Ms MacDonald said.
“Now I’ve got three cafes in Frankston and a couple of schools involved.”
When blankets are about a metre long Ms MacDonald collects them and passes them on to Community Support Frankston to distribute to the homeless.
“We donate the blankets and they select who to pass them on to in the community,” she said.
Students at St Anne’s Primary School in Seaford and Woodleigh School’s Minimbah junior campus in Frankston got in on the knitting act and began darning blankets together to make rugs.
The ‘Knit-A-Row and Go’ project is located at The Dharma Hub Cafe, 439 Nepean Hwy, Frankston; Trims Restaurant, 40 Playne St, Frankston and Rocotillos Cafe, 36 Wells St, Frankston.
Donations of knitting needles and yarn and good old fashioned knitting time are always welcome. See the ‘Knit-A-Row and Go’ Facebook page for further information.
