A Cornish tourist attraction is to become the first location for five knitted corgis that will be hidden around the site to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

It is part of a nationwide ‘Where’s WInnie’ craft competition by the WI, inspired by the Queen's love of the corgi dog breed.

Visitors to Eden Project Biomes will get the first chance to find one of five WI corgis being hidden across the site this Sunday (May 1).

Each corgi will have a special tag, which will enable finders to win one of the five prizes on the day.

The tag will allow members of the public to map where they have found their corgi on the WI’s website and will also detail how to check what each finder has won.

Supported by the Eden Project’s Big Jubilee Lunch, the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) initiative has invited their members and the general public to knit and hide corgi creations in communities around the UK, starting at Eden and running at other locations until June 5.

 

Eden Projects executive director Peter Stewart with Wheres WInnie knitted corgis

Eden Project's executive director Peter Stewart with 'Where's WInnie' knitted corgis

 

WI member Julia Havard from Ludgvan, near Penzance, heard about the craft competition as she started planning her Big Jubilee Lunch which takes place on June 5. Liaising with Cornish crafters and WI Federation members, Julia is one of the WI members who has helped with the hiding of the first corgis at the Eden Project.

Julia said: “The ‘Where’s WInnie’ competition and Big Jubilee Lunch are both wonderful opportunities for people to get creative and have fun together as part of the extra special community celebrations marking the Queen’s platinum year.

"It’s brilliant to kick off the hunt for corgis at the Eden Project, before it rolls out across the UK in May, which means that people everywhere can join in.

"Corgis will start popping up in communities wherever people embrace the idea, just like Big Jubilee Lunches that people can hold on streets, in their neighbourhoods, parks or gardens on June 2 to 5.”

Finders of the corgis hidden at Eden are being given a special pack including everything they need to put on their own community Big Jubilee Lunch.

One uniquely special corgi hidden somewhere in the UK will also entitle the finder to a seat at the flagship Big Jubilee Lunch in London on June 5.

The pattern to knit WInnie the corgi has been designed by Woolwich and Plumstead Roses WI member Hannah Joyce, who can be found on Instagram and Tik Tok at @hannahjoyceknits. Knitters are encouraged to use up their yarn/fabric stash and other recycled materials to make the corgi.