A bit of a yarn about WI ladies down at the park
MEMBERS of the Women’s Institute have been celebrating its centenary by decking out a park with yarn.
The Heatons WI held a ‘ yarn storming’ exhibition in Heaton Moor Park, which saw them make various creations by knitting, crocheting, felting and stitching, which they used to decorate the park.
The park is now full of colourful knitted artwork on tree trunks, hanging on branches, on railings and benches - depicting owls, flowers and a huge knitted centrepiece around the tree in the centre of the park, which contains more than 130 knitted squares.
MP Ann Coffey, who visited the park to see the work, said: “I really wanted to see this ingenious display of yarnstorming for myself – what a great effort by the Heatons WI and the Knitting Friends. I do encourage people to go and see how the park is positively blooming with knitting. It’s a creative masterpiece and an excellent project to mark 100 years of the Women’s Institute.”
Sally Stelfox from Heatons WI added: “It has generated very positive feedback – many people said how much they had enjoyed it, and they now realise that there is more to the WI than ‘jam and Jerusalem’.”