Crocheted King Charles turns up in the hometown of Harry Styles ahead of Coronation
A giant crocheted King Charles has appeared in a pretty Cheshire village ahead of the Coronation of Charles III on May 6.
A number of women in the community, who first took up knitting through lockdown to pass the time, staged a collective effort to create an impressive array of knitted Jubilee themed garments that were spread across the village. Decorations included colourful woolly bollard covers, red, white and blue lamp post wraps and a intricate Queen and royal guards structure on a traditional post box next to the church.
Anita Armitt first set up the Holmes Chapel Yarn Bombers group through lockdown as something for people to do and keep the community spirits lifted during the pandemic. The parish councillor explained that the group of women knitters first came together, virtually, and now ranges in age from 10 year olds up to 80 year olds across the village community.
“You’ve got to think about whether or not it will stand up?" She told Cheshire Live. "Is it going to get wet? How are we going to support it? Will it be safe, because it's in a churchyard with lots of people walking around. Cheshire village's knitted King Charles III display View gallery For this year's display, King Charles has been formed around a mannequin donated by the local Shopfitting Shop, who also provided the mannequin formed around their Queen display last year. Anita added that the community response has been “extremely good,” and the project has given visitors another reason to come to the village, other than as a pilgrimage to Harry Styles' hometown.
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