It's out there now. I've been part of a secret mission.
This winter I met up with my fellow agents and we planned and plotted, we reconnoitred and mapped, sought out allies and got our supplies and weapons of choice prepared.
And then we put our plan into action....
Yes - we yarnbombed our local church to celebrate its reopening after major repair works.
It was a real secret project; although we postered the village asking for wool and volunteers to knit and crochet in white wool, the volunteers weren't told what they were working for until a month before the event and were then sworn to secrecy.
The parish council and vicar knew we were up to something as we had to have their permission, but in a huge act of generosity and trust they didn't ask too many questions; indeed the vicar didn't know what we were planning until it was unveiled just before the celebrations to reopen the church. He was surprised, charmed and very pleased at what we'd done.
I had a huge amount of joy playing with new patterns including...
this spider..
...this angel - St. Michael's and All Angels....
... this poppy wreath
I absolutely loved being part of this project. I was overwhelmed by the talent of the ladies I worked with and the huge amount of community spirit. Most of us who were involved in both the steering group and the larger group aren't churchgoers but we recognise and appreciate the importance of all our community assets and organisations.
The village really enjoyed our work too; I don't think we had one negative comment and although we had planned to take it down after the village Christmas fair, due to popular demand we left it up until after Christmas.
Three very sneaky women finally blowing their cover.
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