Schoolboy David Firth (front) proved that no-one could pull the wool over his eyes when it came to knitting sweaters for Ethiopia.

Almost all the 1,800 pupils at Colne Valley High School joined in a charity knit to make jumpers for babies and young children in famine-hit Ethiopia.

Knitting needles and wool replaced pens and exercise books during free time at the school.

The boys were just as enthusiastic as the girls – and just as productive, said secretary Mrs Maureen Walker, organiser of the marathon knit.

She told the Examiner: “We got a patterns from Oxfam and I provided the initial supplies of wool.

“The pupils then set to work and we have produced 70 jumpers. Hopefully we will top the 300 mark by half-term.

The response has been tremendous. Once the first children came to get a pattern and some wool, the whole thing snowballed.

“We now have mums and grandmas involved as well as nearly all of our 1,800 pupils,” said Mrs Walker.

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