The knitters have created more than 100 blankets as part of the global Wrap With Love project which started in Australia in 1992.

Marcia Bonham has been lending her skills to the project for more than 20 years and said it was a simple process of each volunteer knitting 10-inch squares which are then stitched together to make blankets, wraps and rugs for distribution to people in need.

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"I don't like to have idle fingers and I think it's the same with most of the women in the group," Ms Bonham said.

"One lady takes her knitting with her on holidays while others knit while they're watching a DVD.

"Most of it is acrylic wool now which is easier to wash so it's not very expensive, and often I'll have wool to give to other people that people have given to me."

Ms Bonham said knitted squares are accepted all year round for Wrap With Love and squares can be left at Frank Smith Work Clothing in Keppel Street.

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Once stitched together into wraps, rugs and blankets they are sent to wherever people are cold - whether overseas or in Australia.

"COVID-19 means we restricted to Australia this year but next year we plan to concentrate on Syria," Ms Bonham said.

"Once we've stitched the blankets together, Dawson's take them down to Sydney for us to the Wrap With Love warehouse for distribution."

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Ms Bonham said knitting had been in danger of becoming a lost art among today's young people, but she hoped COVID-19 lockdowns might spark a revival.

The Wrap With Love movement was started when Sonia Gidley-King, recently widowed and recovering from cancer surgery, saw a television item about war-ravaged Mozambique and decided to do something.

The Bathurst group is always looking for more knitters. If you would like to be involved, please contact Ms Bonham on 6337 1117.