Beccles: 95-year-old super knitter creates Easter chickens

Jean Christy, of Beccles, developed a love of crafts when her mother taught her how to knit at the age of five.

She has knitted her whole life from then in various ways, but now she is knitting chickens with a creme egg inside.

Mrs Christy knits around seven chickens a day and her friends say she can do it "with her eyes closed".

Last Easter Mrs Christy knitted chickens and raised £400 for Cancer Research UK.

The super knitter has vowed to exceed that figure this Easter and with only a few days to go, and a few more chickens to sell, she is well on target.

She has already knitted well over 170 chickens for this Easter. 

Each detailed knitted chicken has a creme egg inside, they can be bought at Seppings Butchers (Image: Rosie Riches)

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Tesco in Beccles and Bookers of Lowestoft have generously donated the creme eggs.

To buy the detailed knitted chickens, with six different sections, Butchers WJ Seppings in Beccles is the place to purchase the remaining few.

The money will be passed to Beccles Friends of Cancer Research UK.

Mrs Christy knits the chickens at a rate of around seven per day (Image: Rosie Riches)