Giant woolly fundraising Easter egg created in village
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A group of crocheters have created a giant woolly Easter egg to raise money for charity.
Created like a giant lollipop using a wire frame and post, the Hurst Hookers started planning the egg in Hurst, Berkshire, more than a year ago.
They spent months making 260 granny squares which have been sewn to the structure and topped with a rabbit.
Standing opposite the village pond, it has been created to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK.
The members have set up an online donation page in memory of villager Tom Pearce who died aged 49 of bowel cancer last August. His wife Catherine is a member of the crochet group.
They hope to raise more than £1,000 and also plan to sell the rabbit and the egg to add to the total.
Philippa Etheridge, from The Hurst Hookers, said: "We're open to offers... Otherwise the squares will be washed and made into blankets for charity and the egg deconstructed as we've, sadly, nowhere to store it."
The egg, which is the crochet group's biggest-ever woolly creation, is set to stand along with crocheted hen toppers on posts around the village pond until early April.
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- Published17 March