The Knitted Bible Exhibition Arrives In Evesham

 Let's just say, on it's opening day .........

..... Eric was up at the very crack of dawn .........

....... scrubbed and polished to an inch of his life, then breakfasted ......

 ...... to be down at Evesham Methodist Church to pick up his programme for what he, as a bona fide knitted nativity owner, with many, many thanks to our beloved Seaside Karen ..........

........ has been waiting to see, in actual real life, for more years than we care to remember .......

...... to wit, fanfare of celestial trumpets, The Knitted Bible Exhibition as created, by St George's URC in Hartlepool in 2008, originally just as the Last Supper, but then things grew and grew until thirty six scenes were depicted in wool .........

........ and then when proclaimed a rapturous success, offered on loan to tour in churches all around the country ever since.

It was emotional, very emotional ........ very, very emotional indeed .....

....... with Eric asking would we mind letting him go alone for this inaugural visit .......

...... so he could be alone with his thoughts .......

....... and then, after that, it would be biblical scenes in the guise of yarn akimbo, as the exhibition is open until 5th June, allowing us to visit as many times as we like for free .......

........ or with a voluntary donation to Christian Aid.

Eric's favourite scene? Well, it was almost impossible for the little fella to choose ........

..... apart from the obvious nativity, perhaps it was Jonah and the whale ......

....... the raising of Lazarus .........

....... and The Lost Sheep ........

....... but who knows, the next time he goes it could all change as the Last Supper, Wedding at Cana and Loaves and Fishes also had a profound affect on him!

He said it was all too wonderful and almost impossible to drag himself away .....

....... but not before entering in a prize draw ......

...... and signing the visitors book, after much thought!

Anyway, if we can't find Eric in the next two/three weeks I think his whereabouts will be a forgone conclusion, if quite a way to shout to tell him his tea is ready!  Happy, happy days........... 

Oh and did I mention, he's now desperate to learn to knit, with dreams of knitting a tableau of his very own, biblical story as yet to be decided, although ...... I think I may have heard mench of The Ten Plaques of Egypt???????  Heaven help us all! 

The Knitted Bible – St. George's URC, Hartlepool

Knitted Bible Gallery – St. George's URC, Hartlepool

AND they now have a knitted Harvest ...........

The Knitted Harvest – St. George's URC, Hartlepool