The South Warrnambool Presbyterian Church (SWPC) ladies and friends have been knitting and sewing items for Warrnambool Salvation Army.

SWPC ladies guild vice-president Alma McLeod said items didn't get sold but were distributed to those in need.

"We knit slippers, mittens, hats and lots of jumpers, she said.

"Anything at all."

The SWPC has four tables of items ready for delivery.

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Mrs McLeod explained six big containers of products were distributed just before the pandemic.

Baby clothes, baby rugs and toy animals are among the current batch.

It couldn't have come at a better time.

"People need warm clothes at this time of year," Mrs McLeod said.

The vice-president added the group sourced its wool from Wangaratta Woollen Mills.

She then drops it off to group members so they can get to work at home.

Those who receive the hand-made items aren't the only ones who benefit.

"They get a lot of satisfaction from trying to help the locals," Mrs McLeod said of group members.

She said the mental health benefits of knitting and sewing were crucial during the pandemic with people being urged to stay home.

"We wouldn't cope if we couldn't (knit and sew)," she said.

Mrs McLeod said the group, made up of about 20 SWPC ladies and many friends, had been going for about a decade.

She said they previously sent items to missions overseas but postage became too expensive.

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