The other day I was waiting to meet a friend and saw that a free exhibition was in Tewkesbury Abbey opposite. As the tearoom was still closed and the weather was atrocious, I headed to The Longest Yarn to see what it was all about.
WOW!
Case after case of hand knitted and crocheted dioramas depicting the lead up and battle of D Day. These were all done by people in UK, France and USA using donated yarn or funded by donations and sales of the guide book.
With around 100 of these amazing creations to look at, I was there for over an hour and would have spent more time of there had not been a military funeral closing the exhibit early that day.
One major regret is not getting the guide book and I really think this should be sold at the beginning of the tour, not just in the shop at the end. There is little information with each piece and I would’ve liked to have known where the piece came from whilst I am looking at it etc. I’m glad I made a donation as I would’ve felt awful if I had not given anything!
The Longest Yarn’s D Day exhibit will only be in the UK until April 1st (no joke!) and then it is being displayed at Cape May in New Jersey from April 25th.
If you want to see it before it goes here are the locations and dates:
Tewkesbury Abbey: Now – 7th Jan
St. Makartins, Enniskillen: 13th Jan – 8th Feb
Norwich University & 2nd Air Division Memorial Library: 10th Feb – 1st March
Peterborough Cathedral: 3rd March – 1st April
1940's Pin-Up Entertainer Kitten von Mew 