Crafty Laetitia spins a yarn for SSAFA

21 October 2024

Creativity in the name of fundraising for SSAFA, the Armed Force charity knows no bounds.

Take Laetitia Loops, an anonymous yarn artist who decorates post boxes and railings in her local neighbourhood in Leicestershire.

Laetitia was proud to work alongside other crafters for The Longest Yarn, creating two panels for the 80-metre-long-display 3D depiction of Operation Overlord and D-Day in wool art.

Put into context, that's some 10 metres longer than the Bayeux Tapestry, which of course also commemorates an action strongly connected to Normandy, just 878 years apart and 100-odd miles across La Manche.

Laetitia has also crafted her own homage to that fateful day in 1944, a crocheted piece called The D-Day Landings Throw. It is on display until October 26 in Llandudno’s Victoria Shopping Centre, but the public has the chance to own it through a raffle while supporting three charities, SSAFA being one.

Her motivation to support SSAFA is simple and personal: a relative of hers served in the RAF. her relative is no longer alive, but Laetitia is sure that they would be proud of her creativity and dedication, just as SSAFA is.

For the chance to own this incredible piece that combines skill with history, and has a thread of love connecting it all, visit Laetitia's page on Raffall here.

Tickets are just £2 each, but hurry as the raffle closes on October 26.

Apart from SSAFA, the other charities to benefit from this raffle are The Longest Yarn and Friends of Mostyn Street, a community group in Llandudno.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a unique piece of art that can be passed down from generation to generation, with money raised helping the servicemen and women of yesterday, today, and tomorrow – as well as their families – because no-one should battle alone.

Once completed, The Longest Yarn will be displayed around the UK before going over to the USA in May 2025.