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The 100mph gales of Storm Ciaran flattened sheds, ripped up roof tiles and smashed windows – but the mysterious ‘Yarn Banksy’ has expressed her happiness that her Remembrance Day post box topper “amazingly” survived to live another day...
For her latest creation on the Red Houses post box opposite the Co-op, the anonymous wool wonder took inspiration from a similar one in the UK for Remembrance Day last year.
Pictured: Knitted poppies – including purple ones to remember service animals lost in the war – go all the way down the side of the creation.
She said: "I was very touched by the beautiful and lovely tribute to the people who died during their service for all of us. Lest we forget!
"I was so touched by it I decided to try and recreate it for the Red Houses post box topper here in Jersey."
Pictured: the topper after braving Storm Ciaran.
She continued: "I was very happy when I went and checked on it after Storm Ciaran, expecting it to have blown away as it is very heavy with actually shoes inside the knitting to create the shape. It amazingly survived!
"As you can see from the before and after photos the only damage was one of the ties broke and one of the poppies came loose at the back."
Pictured top: the Remembrance Day topper before braving the storm.
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