Tricia Salau and Jill Bilston are re-purposing their post-COVID project into a donation for the homeless.
In 2022 in response to COVID lockdowns, Ms Salau and Ms Bilston came up with the idea to create a crochet granny square Christmas tree.
The excess squares from the project are now being repurposed into what they are calling ‘rugs for the homeless project’.
“We had so many crocheted squares left, around 1000,” Ms Salau said.
“We came up with the idea because we would rather the squares be put to good use instead of wasting them.
“So we made about 40 blankets and coats for dogs.”
The aim of the initial project was to get people back into the community after isolation.
“After COVID we noticed a lot of people didn’t return to the community classes and groups,” Ms Salau said.
“We set up the tree project to get people involved, in the end we had 300 people from a range of different groups participating.
“It took all of us six months to complete 3000 Granny squares, now a lot of those same people helped transform them into blankets.”
The rugs will be handed over to a representative from St Stephens Church Williamstown for distribution.
Jennifer Pittorino
