Poppies in the Park on Display

All loaded up and ready to go

It was a lovely sunny day for the installation of Poppies in the Park in Rowntree Park, York.  A lot of the hard work had already been done creating the big, giant and gigantic poppies so the morning was just spent turning the finger knitting into text.

Base camp established

Text in progress

Reinforcements arrived in the afternoon and we got the poppies up ...
     

Deborah & Andrew hard at work

Making progress

 And then finally it was all up ...

Me and the installation

 

View across the water

Thanks to everyone who took part - it looks great and wouldn't have been possible without you!  Special thanks go to Jose for her 300 poppies and to Helen, Kate & Lily who came to my rescue and attached loads of poppies earlier this week.  Thanks to Deborah too, who has worked with me on this project and helped make it possible.


Poppies in the Park has been sponsored by the Friends of Rowntree Park, Boyes & Duttons for Buttons.


Read more about the whys & wherefores of Poppies in the Park here...
Yarnstorming Poppies in the Park

Read more about the workshops here ... 
Poppies in the Park go to Rowntree Park Reading Cafe, York  
Poppies in the Park go to Tesco  
Poppies in the Park Workshop at the Golden Ball York  

or about the Fairfax Court Yarnstormers here ...

Fairfax Court Yarnstorming Ahead

or about the extreme knit poppies here ...

Extreme Knitting Continues with a Giant White Poppy

A Giant Poppy - More Extreme Knitting

or about putting it together here ...
Putting Poppies in the Park Together