897: Giant Knitted Poppy

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.24969228

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posted on 2024-01-12, 09:30 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

<p dir="ltr">The object is 4m square and is made up of 1568 4 inch knitted and crocheted squares representing each day of the war. It has been made by men, women and children all over the country who visited craft shows run by ICHF Events and managed by three women known as Grans on the Make. Contributors also posted squares to us in their dozens. </p>

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A group known as Grans on the Make - Par Wilson, Avril Collier & Jenny Knight

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To all those who lost their lives and the families they left behind

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Feb - November 2018

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Nationwide participation and craft shows in London, Exeter, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.

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897: Giant Knitted Poppy

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