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27
Mar 2023
Last Updated: 27/03/2023
Ripon's non-stop knitters create Easter displays for the city centre
The non-stop knitters of Ripon Community Poppy Project have transformed the city centre with their Easter displays.
Members of the project's Knit and Natter Club and many more who work from home, have been creating the decorations since September and their meticulous handiwork can be seen around Market Square and other key locations.
The intricate displays, made up from 1,360 knitted eggs, more than 2,000 hand-crafted chain links and 53 woollen pictures featuring spring lambs, chicks, rabbits and flowers, have been fixed to railings, the Ripon Town Hall balcony and this post box (pictured above).
Hazel Barker, who co-founded the RCPP with former Ripon mayor Councillor Stuart Martin, told the Stray Ferret:
"Our knitters work all year round creating displays for annual events including Remembrance commemorations in November and Winter Wonderland at Christmas."
Councillor Stuart Martin (right) putting a display in place with Carol Dunkley and Bob McLennan
She added:
"In 2022, we took on the mammoth task of creating miles of royal-themed banners and other decorations that were wrapped around the city's streets to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.
"Now we are busily adapting these as well as creating new displays to mark the coronation of King Charles III."
Ms Barker added:
"The Ripon Community Poppy Project was launched in 2018 to create displays for the city to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and we haven't stopped knitting ever since!"
The main pic shows an Easter display with (from left): Hazel Barker, Lyn Hart, Betty Hardisty, David Hardisty, Sandra Searle, Alwyn Hartley and Pat McLennan.
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