Special delivery: Cromarty's postie 'deighted' Yarn Banksy has visited the town
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A postie in Cromarty is so delighted with the work of a street artist, she wants everyone to come and see it.
Postwoman Wilma Stewart (61), who is also a farmer in Rosemarkie and Cromarty, was thrilled to see that the post box in the Black Isle town has been adorned with crocheted and knitted items by the mysterious Yarn Banksy.
Mrs Stewart (61), who has been the postwoman in the area for 12 years, and in Cromarty for around four years said it really made her day when she saw someone had decorated her post box.
She said: "It was an absolute delight to see that the post box in Cromarty had been 'yarn bombed' and by such a talented person as the Yarn Bomber of Ewell.
"They go about and crochet just for people to enjoy seeing it.
"I have personally thanked the person, but I want other people to come out and see it as well. What a good job she has made, it must have been a lot of work, and it is appreciated."
Speaking anonymously, the Yarn Bomber told the Ross-shire Journal: "I covertly measured the postbox and designed what I was going to do.
"I then was awake in the middle of the night, and I snuck out at 1.30am to decorate the post box.
"If it brings you a smile or a giggle – I would be really grateful if you would give a donation, no matter how small, to Highland Hospice."
She continued: "I lost my mum at a young age, when I was five months pregnant, and knitting is a means of keeping my mum close to me.
"Even the sound of knitting reminds me of her."
She explained that she and her mum first discovered yarn bombing when they were on holiday on the Scottish Island of Bute.
She said: "We saw lots of yarn bombing including pom poms on trees.
"At the time my mum and I thought it was brilliant and we wanted to do some around the area, so I have been doing that, and at the same time hoping it might raise some money for the important work of Highland Hospice."
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