I thought it would be good to have a mascot for my Fellowship travels...
A search on the internet revealed some interesting takes on Sir Winston Churchill including a plastic duck bath toy, some very expensive teddy bears and somewhat terrifying figurine replicas. Nothing felt quite right, that is until I came across a Winston Churchill crochet pattern!
Lacking in any form of crocheting ability myself, I reached out to a surprisingly large crocheting community for assistance. It was then that I came across Janet Harris, based in America, with a ready made Winston Churchill in crochet form waiting for a home. After some complicated logistics, Winston was on his way to England (ironic since the first stop on my travels was America!) and appeared on my doorstep a few days before take off!
Winston was considerably bigger than expected and proved challenging to fit into my already overflowing and overweight suitcase. However, after some complicated reshuffling he made the journey and I couldn’t have a more fitting ‘companion’.