The King and Queen appeared on American Idol as surprise guests amid the coronation celebrations.
28.04.2023 - 10:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A giant crocheted King Charles has appeared in a pretty Cheshire village ahead of the Coronation of Charles III on May 6.
While Holmes Chapel might be known as the boyhood home town of former One Direction heart-throb Harry Styles, residents in the quaint village are hoping to make it known for its yarn bombing activities.
And going all out to prove that it can be done, a local collective of knitters have created a 7ft crocheted model of King Charles, surrounded by animals and gardening tools, reports Cheshire Live. The intricate collection of crocheted Coronation decorations have been created by 29 members of the Holmes Chapel Yarn Bombers who worked individually for "hundreds and hundreds of hours" to create the impressive display.
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It's not the first the residents of Holmes Chapel have taken up their knitting needles for a royal event. Last year, yards and yards of knitted flags, bunting, bollard covers, Queens and corgis took over the village centre in the full colours of red, white and blue ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
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.
This time, at least 73 balls of wool have gone into creating the display, which features a pair of wellington boots holding pansies, a wheelbarrow holding a pond scene, and a royal watering can and reams of
The King and Queen appeared on American Idol as surprise guests amid the coronation celebrations.
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Holly Willoughby led the stars taking to social media in anticipation for the Coronation on Friday afternoon. The star, 42, took to Instagram to share an image of a crown shape cake she made following a segment on Thursday's This Morning in which chef Juliet Sear showed viewers how to make and decorate the iced treat. Elsewhere Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary enjoy street party and Gemma Collins decorates her garden with King Charles masks and flags.
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