Suffolk yarn bomber's 'disbelief' as road sign removed

In May, the EADT reported how Leiston resident Doris Long-Kubas had used her knitting skills to create a new sign for the town's Central Road after the previous sign was destroyed four years ago by a car.

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But on Wednesday, she discovered that her knitwear - known as 'yarn bombing'- had gone and had been replaced by a more traditional plastic sign.

The crochet sign created by Doris Long-Kubas which was removed by East Suffolk Council (Image: Paul Geater)

However, she was taken by surprise and said East Suffolk Council had not told her what had happened to the sign or where she could pick it up.

"People told me that it had gone and I could not really believe it because it made a lot of people happy and kids liked it on their way to school," Doris said.

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In May, she said she was 'very annoyed' that there was no sign because she had not got satellite navigation and people were struggling to find Central Road.

So she decided to take action.

The new sign in Central Road installed by the council (Image: Doris Long-Kubas)

She said: "There were just two posts there. I just worked out what I had to do and put some flowers around it to make it look pretty."

But producing the knitted sign took time because she had to work out the distance between the posts so the sign was long enough to fill the gap and how many stitches she could use for the letters in the space provided.

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However, an East Suffolk Council spokesperson said: "We can confirm that the new sign was installed on June 19 and the crocheted sign was delivered to the town hall for Doris to collect, as promised."