The St George’s Knitted Bible
CONTACT -Kathryn Humberston 01429 425847
Or email humberstons@ntlworld.com
St George’s URC are happy to loan their Knitted Bible Exhibition without charge. The exhibition has 36 scenes which are packed for transport, also a number of scenery items. To transport them a medium sized Transit Van is needed.
Kathryn will happily discuss any queries you have. Please see phone number or email address above.
A share of any donations that you may acquire would be gratefully received.
Have a look at our review from the Guardian Newspaper from November 13th 2023
Sometimes we receive nice letters from churches and individuals who have appreciated the Knitted Bible. here are 2 examples.
KNITTED BIBLE 2026
JANUARY
Thursday 1 January 2026 – Saturday 31 January 2026, St Hilda’s Church, the Headland, Hartlepool
FEBRUARY
Monday 2nd February 2026 – Tuesday 10th February 2026, Cleadon C of E Academy, Cleadon, Tyne and Wear
Saturday 14 February 2026 – Saturday 7 March 2026, Filey Methodist Church, Filey, North Yorkshire
MARCH
Saturday 14 February 2026 – Saturday 7 March 2026, Filey Methodist Church, Filey, North Yorkshire
Tuesday 10 March 2026 – Wednesday 25 March 2026, Blackhall St Columba’s Church, Edinburgh, Lothian
Sunday 29th March 2026 – Friday 10th April 2026, Malham Methodist Chapel, North Yorkshire
APRIL
Sunday 29th March 2026 – Friday 10th April 2026, Malham Methodist Chapel, North Yorkshire
Sunday 12th April 2026 – Saturday 16th May 2026, Elm Ridge and Cockerton Methodist Churches, Darlington
MAY
Sunday 12th April 2026 – Saturday 16th May 2026, Elm Ridge and Cockerton Methodist Churches, Darlington
Monday 18 May 2026 – Tuesday 9 June 2026, Evesham Methodist Church, Evesham, Worcestershire
JUNE
Monday 18 May 2026 – Tuesday 9 June 2026, Evesham Methodist Church, Evesham, Worcestershire
Thursday 11 June 2026 – Thursday 25 June 2026, Market Harborough Congregational Church, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Saturday 27 June 2026 – Saturday 25 July 2026, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
JULY
Sunday 26th July 2026 – Wednesday 5th August 2026, St Mary the Virgin, East Bergholt, Suffolk
AUGUST
Sunday 26th July 2026 – Wednesday 5th August 2026, St Mary the Virgin, East Bergholt, Suffolk
Friday 7 August 2026 – Saturday 22 August 2026, Guithavon Valley Church, Witham, Essex
Tuesday 25 August 2026 – Saturday 19 September 2026, East Staffordshire & South Derbyshire Methodist Circuit
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday 25 August 2026 – Saturday 19 September 2026, East Staffordshire & South Derbyshire Methodist Circuit
Monday 21 September 2026 – Saturday 10 October 2026, St Andrews Church, South Otterington, North Yorkshire
OCTOBER
Monday 21 September 2026 – Saturday 10 October 2026, St Andrews Church, South Otterington, North Yorkshire
Monday 12 October 2026 – Thursday 29 October 2026, St John the Evangelist, Kingsley, Cheshire
NOVEMBER
Sunday 1 November 2026 – Saturday 21 November 2026, Lochmaben Church of Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway
Monday 23 November 2026 – Thursday 31 December 2026, Bishop’s Cleeve Methodist Church, Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
DECEMBER
Monday 23 November 2026 – Thursday 31 December 2026, Bishop’s Cleeve Methodist Church, Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
KNITTED BIBLE 2027
JANUARY
Friday 1 January 2027 – Sunday 31 January 2027, Stoke Minster, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
FEBRUARY
Monday 1 February 2027 – Sunday 28 February 2027, Hathersage Methodist Church, Hathersage, Hope Valley, Derbyshire
MARCH
Monday 1 March 2027 – Monday 15 March 2027, St John’s United Reformed Church, Orpington, Kent
APRIL
MAY
Monday 17 May 2027 – Monday 31 May 2027, Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Epworth, South Yorkshire
JUNE
Tuesday 1 June 2027 – Tuesday 15 June 2027, Dore and Totley United Reformed Church, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Friday 18 June 2027 – Wednesday 30 June 2027, St Mary the Virgin, Hesket in the Forest, High Hesket, Carlisle, Cumbria
JULY
Thursday 1 July 2027 – Sunday 18 July 2027, Bonnybridge Church, High Street, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
When we started knitting at the end of February 2008, we were only intending to create the scene of ‘The Last Supper’, but, enthusiasm and imagination, combined to make us much more ambitious!
Our hope is that in depicting some of the best-known stories in the Bible, everyone who sees them will be able to understand and enjoy them – and may discover some detail that they had forgotten or never noticed before – whilst learning more about God and his love for this world and its people.
The project has involved most of our own congregation as well as friends from other churches and places, who have knitted, sewn, constructed scenery and props, made donations of materials, taken photographs, made videos, typed this script and produced the Knitted Bible Booklet. None of it would have been possible without their help and support, for which I am extremely grateful. My apologies to anyone who has been omitted in error from the list below, of those who have worked together so well in order to produce ‘The Knitted Bible’ at St. George’s.
Rev. Val Towler, MA (Minister), June 2008
St. George’s Junior Church, St. George’s Pilot Company, Wyn Parkinson, Nancy Stephenson, Chris Eddowes, Ruth Miller, Frank Whittaker, Margaret Humberston, Margaret Welford, Enid Bushnell, Valerie Waite, Irene Walton, George Parkinson, Margaret Carter, Sheila Deacon, Ann Foster, Aileen Whittaker, Marilyn Armstrong, Alison Kaye, Janet White, Ida Hodgman, Val Towler, Charlotte Glaze, Emily Rodgers, Philippa Longstaff, May Ord, Elma Welsh, Elizabeth Granger, Betty Woodhall, John Ross, Bill White, Alastair Bushnell, Harry Goulding, Moyra Mudd, David Towler, Jenny Garlick, Alan Woodhall, Richard Eddowes, Gladys Hall, Shirley Hockborn, Janet Henderson, Jackie Burnett, Betty Thompson, Lou Lewis, Mary Daniel, Connie Ross, Rosemary Neat and Les Lee.






