Crazy Hippo Crochet

Name: Crazy Hippo Crochet
Start: 2024-04-13T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-04-21T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library

Sat 13 Apr

Sun 21 Apr

Multiple days : Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library

Exhibit Make/Craft Textiles Yarn Drop-in Free

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The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF

01603 774777

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A crocheted 'red carpet' for Taylor Swift, Barbie and other stars!

From Barbie to Ed Sheeran, from the Strictly hosts to the cast of Downton Abbey. Ellen Siegert, who is 19 and lives in Norfolk, has made an amigurumi 'mini' of them all.

Perfect crochet stitches, and detailed costumes and characteristics, are the key to Ellen's designs, and to a flourishing online business.

Young woman standing in front of shelf of crochet celebrity figures. — Ellen with the crocheted cast of Strictly

Ellen started to use crochet as a way to cope with ME, creating amigurumi characters from her favourite TV shows.

She launched on social media platforms in 2020 and now, on Instagram alone, has close to 15,000 followers from across the globe.

Claudia and Tess crochet figures — Claudia and Tess from Strictly

You can view a colourful display of Ellen's minis on the ground floor of the library during the Festival, and meet the artist herself on Saturday 13 April. See link below.