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As part of a learn to knit project and to celebrate the story of the wool going all over town in the flood the tree cosies have been put up for National Tree Dressing Week. Once they come down they will be made into blankets for Africa.

All  the wool, knitting & equipment has been donated and about 50 local people were involved in knitting and sewing together the pieces.

The cosy goes up to the flood line (roughly) and are placed in front of the old and new wool shops locations.

Funding from Awards for All.

A christmas decoration workshop created silver foil leaves and decorations pressed and decorated.

Kevin O’Connor created this chess table from a little side table. He added handmade ceramic tiles for the board and wood to the sides to make it more robust. The Chess set was made my his wife Ruth Charlton.

Painter Rosie Elcock used paint, advertisers vinyl and food packaging from the scrap store to create this wintery scene on a much loved but worn 70′s coffee table.

Julian Longcake created this coatstand from the  middle of a standard lamp and some wind fall wood.  He has jointed the coat hangers so they look like they  are growing out of the turned centre.The base also provides a seat.

These seat covers were done by textile artist Kate Jackson which she made from a retired friends collection. She painted the post war chairs with Farrow & Ball from the scrap store. Lots of these chairs turn up at the auction.