Oct_2017

project and volunteer numbers grew. The team extended to family
and friends as far away as Dubai and Australia! The knitters have
embraced the challenge of recreating the familiar stories in wool
and have also benefitted from the great fellowship that has resulted
from working together and they have no intention of giving up yet.
The display began at the beginning with the story of creation; every
section of the story was knitted-trees, animals, stars, flowers and,
of course, Adam and Eve. On then to Noah’s Ark; the ark, the
animals, Noah and even the rainbow were knitted. The Old
Testament stories continued with Moses and the Ten
Commandments, David and Goliath and Daniel in the Lions’ Den.
New Testament Stories included the Nativity, the Wedding at Cana,
the Feeding of the Five Thousand and Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem,
leading on to the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and Jesus’s
Resurrection. Attention to detail was striking…the baskets holding
leftover crumbs were knitted, a butterfly perched on top of one of
the baskets, the tablecloth at the wedding was embellished with
sweetcorn, knitted of course, the flowers in the Garden of Eden…
my list goes on.
Which was my favourite in the display? That is a tricky question
to answer, but I think it would have to be Daniel in the lions’ den
simply because I loved the texture of the lions’ manes! I wonder
which yours would be?
Averill Lovatt
15