Southwell Minster welcomes The Longest Yarn 2

Visitors were queuing round the block when The Longest Yarn – the 3D depiction of the D-Day landing in wool art – went on display in Southwell Minster last year.

Southwell Minster welcomes The Longest Yarn 2

Now Southwell Minster has announced it is the UK venue for the premiere of the follow up to this unique artistic interpretation – the Longest Yarn 2 – which this time depicts what life was like in Britain between 1939-1945 in wool art.

The 80 knitted panels, each 1m long will feature what it was like living in Britain between the declaration of war on September 3, 1939 to VE Day on May 8, 1945.

The panels include significant events such as the King’s Speech, D-Day, The Blitz, the bombing of major cities, the Home Guard, the Women’s Land Army, rationing, and much more.

Accompanying this will be ‘The Gang’ – life-size representatives of all the services that saved Britain in its hour of need – from a Land Girl to a Spitfire Pilot and an accompanying guidebook will be on sale, giving more information on each of the 80 scenes, including authentic photographs from the period to show the visitor the inspiration behind each scene.

The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War opens in Southwell Minster on September 3 and runs until 27 September and tickets can be booked here.

Tansy Foster, who came up with the initial idea aid:

“I’m so happy to be going full circle and coming back to Southwell to launch the full 80 panel version of this second exhibition. Southwell Minster was the initial UK host for the first installation last year and treated us so well – it truly is a magnificent place, and we can’t wait to go back.”

The Revd Canon Dr Neil Evans, Dean of Southwell, said,

“Following the great success of The Longest Yarn last year which saw over 30,000 visitors, we are delighted to play host to the UK premiere of the full display of The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War.

‘We look forward to welcoming again visitors from far and near to Southwell to enjoy our Minster and town as we reflect on home life during the Second World War.”