A sea of thousands of knitted poppies have been draped from a church in Warwickshire to mark Remembrance Day.<br /><br />Volunteers spent months hand stitching the 3,104 poppies adorned on the side of St Peter’s Church in Wellesbourne.<br /><br />The blood-red cascade, which measures 21m (69ft) long and 5m (16ft) wide, was unveiled to commemorate British and Commonwealth fallen soldiers during World War One.<br /><br />A further 4,899 wool poppies have been strung on shops and businesses around the village, which is six miles from Stratford-upon-Avon.<br /><br />A pair of knitted soldier's boots and a helmet have been snugly placed as a postbox topper in the village centre.<br /><br />The 8,003 poppies were knitted and crocheted from wellwishers from as far away as Florida and the Caribbean as well as an army of knitters from the village.<br /><br />Organiser Kate Skinner said: "I had seen other flower installations around the country over the last few years and wanted to create something for our village.<br /><br />"In January, we set out to knit and crochet 4,000 poppies.<br /><br />"At first I wondered if we'd ever reach anywhere near 4,000, but the community responded with huge enthusiasm and a total of 8,003 poppies were made, double what we asked for.<br /><br />"The project has been a huge amount of fun and has brought many people together in the community."<br /><br />The poignant display was created by 200 people who made the poppies from 800 balls of wool, which measured an astonishing 52 miles end-to-end.<br /><br />Volunteers then spent 600 hours painstakingly sewing the poppies on to the netting which is draped from the church bell tower and weighs 32kg (5st).<br /><br />Retired chemistry teacher and local resident Judy Klinkenberg, 70, said: "I made between 50-60 poppies, it takes roughly an hour to make one so I'd say I volunteered about 60 hours of my time.<br /><br />"The whole village was involved, we had a WhatsApp group chat and the sessions were done in the church so everybody was together.<br /><br />"Lots of people bought their own wool."
