Heather Howarth and her friends in the village of Hurst, west of London, have fashioned a woolly coronation procession to rival the pomp and circumstance that will take place when King Charles III is crowned on May 6 at Westminster Abbey.
The other ladies who gather to knit and natter in her small English village thought the ears should be bigger. But when creating a crocheted likeness of the new King, she was determined not to cause offence.
The Hurst Hookers are part of a phenomenon that has taken hold across Britain in recent years, with guerrilla knitters and crochet enthusiasts celebrating holidays and royal occasions by decorating the nation's iconic red post boxes and other public spaces with their handiwork. There's no money in it, and the creations are sometimes stolen. But they do it anyway because they have fun brightening their communities, even if no one asked them to.
The "guerrilla" action began just after 5:30 p.m. on a recent Friday as the setting sun bathed the newly cleaned pond in a peaceful light. "King Charles wants our support, doesn't he?" Howarth said. "How else do I show that I am supporting him?" And when the installation was almost complete, there was the moment to put the icing on the confection.
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