Devon County Show celebrates its 125th Show in 2020.

Over the centuries bunting has been used as a celebratory decoration at

weddings and public events. As such, the Craft and Garden Tent is hoping to
celebrate the 125th Show, the 100th anniversary of the WI, and the 10th
anniversary of the Exeter Knutty Knitters by smashing the Guinness Book of
Records Longest Knitted Bunting record.

To succeed we need YOU.

We need 8 km in total, (just under 5 miles)

Made up of at least 31,200 knitted flags ,each flag must be no more than 8”
across the top and no more than 9” on the diagonal
The flags must be no more than 2” apart on the tape

We are asking YOU to knit as many flags as you possibly can, in any colour
wool, and send them to:
Hayne House, Silverton, Exeter EX5 4HE where a team of people will thread
them on to tape.

They will then be displayed in the Craft and Garden marquee at Devon County
Show 2020 and adjudicated by the Guinness Book of Records
If you would like your bunting returned, we will do so, together with your
personalised certificate of smashing the record (that is if we succeed!) Any
remaining bunting will be sold off with all money going to charity.

Any pattern may be used, but a couple of suggestions from the Knutty Knitters
Bunting – basic, no eyelets
DK 4mm (size 8) needles
(psso - pass slip stitch over)

Cast on 31 or 41 stitches
Knit 4 rows
K1, slip 1, knit 1, psso, knit 25/35, k2 tog, k1 (29/39 stitches)
Knit 3 rows
K1, slip 1, knit 1, psso, knit 23/33, k2 tog, k1
Knit 3 rows
Continue this way, knitting 3 rows between each decrease row, until 5 stitches
remain and after knit 3 rows
Knit 1, slip 1, psso, k1 (3 stitches)
Knit 3 rows
Slip 1, k2 tog, psso
Fasten off
Bunting with eyelets
Cast on either 31 or 41 stitches
1. Knit 1 row
2. Knit 1, yarn over, k2 tog, yarn over, k2 tog to end
3. Knit
4. Knit
5. K1, psso, knit to last 3 stitches, k2 tog, k1
6. Knit
7. Knit
8. Knit
9. K1, psso, knit to last 3 stitches, k2 tog, k1
10.Knit
11.Knit
12.Knit
Repeat this decrease pattern until 5 stitches remain and 3 knit rows have
been worked
K1, slip 1, k2 tog, psso
Knit 3 rows
Slip 1, k2 tog, psso
Fasten off and cut yarn

The earliest Bunting was made in the early 1660s and seems to have been
related to the flags used on a ship. On a Navy ship, the sailor whose job it is to
raise the flags is still referred to as the bunt. Bunting – an individual triangular
flag, was called the tammy, a word derived from estamet, the French word
meaning lightweight wool fabric.

Any questions please contact Deborah Custance Baker,

custancebaker@gmail.com 01392 861750