A CROCHET group has created a special wedding dress for an online charity auction.
Members of the Barkham Hookers have made more than 1,000 yarn hearts in shades of pink and red to decorate the dress, which is being auctioned for palliative support charity, Sue Ryder.
The result of their creative efforts can be seen in the window of the charity’s shop on Denmark Street, Wokingham, until Saturday, February 19.
And the group made hundreds more crocheted hearts for the shop to sell.
Barkham Hooker’s founder, Gaynor White, said that the inspiration came after a member of the group’s Facebook page posted a photo of a dress which had been decorated with poppies.
“I thought it would be really lovely to make something similar for Valentine’s Day,” she explained.
“Sue Ryder is up the road from Stitchery Do, the craft shop many of us use, and Sanpa, where I run my classes.
“And group member Monika Grange is a supervisor in the charity shop.”
The wedding dress idea came about from discussions between the two women. Ms Grange sourced the wedding dress, and members of the crochet group have been producing hearts since before Christmas last year. Keen crafter Helen Ruthven hooked up 400 alone to contribute to the effort.
“The group have made around 1,500 hearts in total,” Ms White said.
Shop manager Frankie Bridger said that she is excited to have the dress on display.
“Monika has created crochet window displays before, which people loved,” she said.
“There has already been a lot of interest in the dress since it went on display, with people commenting on its uniqueness.
“We hope that it will raise a really good sum of money for Sue Ryder.”
The online auction runs until 9am on Saturday, February 19. All funds raised from the sale will go to Sue Ryder.
For more details, visit: tinyurl.com/wokydress
