It was not a protest about the recent ABC cuts that filled the ABC Sydney foyer this week, it was a few hundred people with their knitting needles making blankets for charity.

Wrap with Love volunteers around Australia knit, crochet, weave, machine-knit, patchwork or quilt squares which are then sewn together into much-needed wraps/rugs.

In an effort to bolster the organisation’s supply of wraps and harness the obvious enthusiasm of listeners, 702 ABC Sydney Breakfast decided to hold a ‘Knit in’ to support the charity.

Hundreds of people turned up, including classes of school children, pensioners and secret knitters of all kinds. The event was broadcast by Angela Catterns in the breakfast show.