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Hand knitted shawl

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Hand knitted shawl

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Beautifully knitted shoulder shrug type shawl for that summer evenings when it gets a little chilly - delicate and feminine in soft pastels colours.

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You are considering hosting The Longest Yarn in the future? Here are a few tips to guide you:

The display is 80 metres long and is best presented in a U-Shape, so your space needs to be at least 40 metres. Panel cases can go back-to-back but must have a solid divider because otherwise, you can see through the two Perspex cases and the meaning is lost.
From experience, our expectations of visitors is around 25,000 per month. However, we cannot say that this is definite. The largest numbers we have had are 1,400 in one day, with a maximum of 2,000 in one day.
If you have space, you may want to offer a seated queueing system which has proved useful in past large venues such as cathedrals. Crowd capacity control may be required at peak times. Queues to seated areas are a big asset.
You must be able to provide restrooms, car parking, wheelchair access, and space for pushchairs.
You must be able to offer refreshments.
We rely on you to sell our merchandise and our books as our revenue depends on that.
We do not charge rental for the use of The Longest Yarn; however, we do ask you to assist with the transportation between the venues. The logistics company that we use is part of the charity and does not charge any profits. It is all at cost
We do not mind if you charge and entrance fee. For example, cathedrals have applied suggested donations, and we would appreciate donations as well.
You must have Public Liability in place, and The Longest Yarn must be insured as well.
We do need assistance with the loading and unloading of the exhibition. Everything is already in boxes, and the boxes are used as stands for the panels. Installation is very straightforward, but we do need between eight and ten people to help with the lifting.
Volunteers are not necessarily needed, but it’s nice to have help with crowd control, to answer questions and to direct people towards the merchandise.

For further questions, please contact us.

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The Finances - we’re a non profit Association

We are a registered non profit Association here in France, totally self funding. Our crafters from all age groups and walks of life include retired and those in pressured careers that find crafting therapeutic, busy mums, our one man, is a stay at home dad, one lady who suffered a minor stroke using this as her therapy to get coordination back, we have carers for children with special needs, carers for elderly, ex teachers, lawyers, business owners and I think even the WI maybe involved too!

Everyone has contributed their yarn, their hours and creativity along with costs for posting things, collecting their empty boxes in readiness for shipping to France. We’ve developed a network of drop off points along with 2nd home owner's travelling across to France that has some room in the car to bring it over…however the time is starting to loom - we need money - unfortunately we need quite a bit!

What do we need?

So if you can help with any of the above please get in contact…if you can’t then please hit the go fund me button and donate some money…PLEASE

Sponsor a panel

We are registered and in the official French governmental programmes and official events for 80th Anniversary which also spills into The Olympics… (the flame comes through this town).

Over 6 million people are expected into the region for 6th June week, at least 24 heads of State. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we have thousands come to see the work!

To sponsor a travel box it’s £250 with sky the limit!

In return you get mentions :

The website sponsor section,

(we will also endeavour to put your presence into the actual scene without commercialising the project… )

To proceed please confirm back to me that you wish to sponsor giving me an idea of what and why so I can make suggestions what we could do - at same time I’ll send you our IBAN details

Click here to sponsor a panel

Our Sponsors so far

Stop Bar Sainte Mere Eglise

AC Georgiades Ltd Stevenage - wholesaler soft drinks gave us secure warehouse storage for boxes

The UK's leading provider of Battlefield Tours on a journey of Remembrance and Discovery...sponsoring a panel

The Little Museum of the World in Hong Kong is a museum of Peace and Equality. It’s a time machine that brings us on an amazing journey through the incredible story of our Planet.

D Day experience

two museums
3D Movie Theater
an immersive and one of a kind attraction in the world
a memorial dedicated to the airborne troops
and two shops

Set in the heart of a historical place, the site spans across 10,000 m2, thus inviting you to live an amazing experience that combines both education and entertainment.

Isigny Ste Mere Dairy one of the very 1st co-operatives today the products gracing the best hotels and shops in the world!

On June 6, 1944, almost 35 years to the day after the creation of the Cooperative, the milk collection began normally at 8:00 a.m.... but that morning the planes rumbled above the Isigny region... a few minutes later later, the factory is machine-gunned by two aircraft…

Sponsoring a panel

Laines a l'ouest. Fil a tricoter de Normandie - field to needle wool from award winning sheep breeders on the Corentin peninsula - supplying much needed wool!

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Supplied all the boxes for transport and storage

Axa Assurance & Banqué Brotin - Brotin - Fontaine Sainte Mère Eglise

Crédit Mutuel Sainte Mère Eglise have sponsored us too!

The company supplying the protective cover helping us financially and free delivery

Brittany Ferries free passage for the work transported across the Channel

American Legion Post 331 Stone Harbor New Jersey sponsoring a panel

Bâti Fenêtres in Carentan - a wonderful company to work with, you can see their work at our house! - have sponsored us.

Delighted to announce Stylecraft are sponsoring us for yarn to enable us to knit and crochet items for our Etsy Store to allow us to raise funds!

Mad Batter and Carroll Villa Hotel Cape May New Jersey sponsoring a panel & fund raising

Expertly created for crafting enthusiasts, browse our fantastic collection of holidays today! Sponsoring a panel

Russell Cowper the owner of this point, I've know for over 40 years, attention to detail, can do attitude, great ideas and delivers when he says he will! Printing, logo désign all donated +447802 554588

Big G Logistics subsidiary of Eddie Stobbart are moving us across the Channel!

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