A Long Yarn About WW2

 

Art is art, even if it is made of knitting wool and this display has reached mammoth proportions in its depiction of the Battle of Normandy in 1944. The Battle of Normandy involved many Odd Bods and incuded the D-Day invasion.

The Longest Yarn is a registered non profit Association in France, totally self funding. Their crafters are from all age groups and walks of life. The work is 80 meters long representing 80 years and the 80 days of The Battle of Normandy, including D-Day. It is broken up in to 80 one meter panels being constructed around the world… from as far as Australia, New Zealand, United States of America, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland and Europe. 

Each panel represents what happened on June 6th 1944 - with men loading up in England and stuck there because of the storm, to the fierce battles on the landing beaches in Normandy, the bombardment of the civilian population with towns and cities flattened by allied bombing. 

The display has been touring around the UK, and will reach New Jersey in the USA in April 2025.

A big thank you to member, Bryan Wilcockson of Selby UK, who sent us details after the display was exhibited in Selby’s twinned town of Carentan.