A nonagenarian knitter exhibited her newest and, she claims, a final woolen masterpiece at a trade fair. Margaret Seaman, 93, of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, near Great Yarmouth, has knitted an 8-foot-by-5-foot copy of Buckingham Palace.
The great-great-grandmother stated that it would be an appropriate last masterpiece to top her enormous Sandringham House model.
Mrs. Seaman, who collected $100,000 by knitting, described the experience as “very inspiring.”
The exquisite recreation of the royal palace has been on show at the Norfolk Makers’ Festival at The Forum in Norwich for the past eight months.
Mrs. Seaman’s workmanship, which she did in between two eye operations, has attracted throngs of admirers who have sought her out to discuss the accomplishment.
“I’m thrilled to see their response,” the great-grandmother of 13 stated. “I’m losing my voice from talking to so many people, but it’s so fulfilling.
Several individuals come up, stand with their mouths open, and then begin to cry.
Mrs. Seaman’s efforts also caught the notice of the Queen, the longest-serving resident of the royal residences.
In 2021, the Queen stopped by to visit with the knitter when she was installing her two-year-long Sandringham House replica at the actual residence.
Mrs. Seaman remarked,
“This is the nicest thing that has ever occurred to me.”
“It was completely unexpected – the Queen strolled in and stood next to me without my knowledge.”
Daughter Tricia Wilson, 74, stated that her mother’s embroidered tributes, which began four years ago when she replicated Great Yarmouth’s Golden Mile in wool, had taken them on a “journey.”
Ms. Wilson stated,
“She has so much talent and personality; I am so proud of her.”
“It was like when she saw the Queen; she conversed with her so smoothly, but afterwards she was shaking.
“Since she does not drink, we had to buy her a sponge cake to give her sugar for the shock.”
Mrs. Seaman began knitting models as part of a fundraising knitting group for the Louise Hamilton Centre in Great Yarmouth after the death of her husband.
Her most recent endeavor will collect funds for a new children’s hospice at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, joining her other knitted monuments for Norfolk’s NHS hospitals and community causes.
Mrs. Seaman was awarded a “precious” British Empire Medal in December for her charitable work, and she estimated that she had raised approximately £100,000 through the knitting group and individual projects.
While her Sandringham Estate is currently on display at Grayson Perry’s Art Club Exhibition at Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham, Mrs. Seaman stated that she thought the time had come to hang up her knitting needles and that she wished to conclude on a good note.
“My eyesight isn’t so good – after Sandringham House, everyone kept asking me what was next, and I could only think of Buckingham Palace,” she remarked.
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