Black Sheep Wools Post Box Topper Competition 2024

Winners announced!

Fabulous toppers have been popping up on Royal Mail Post Boxes all over the country. To celebrate the makers of these crocheted and knitted masterpieces, we ran a competition this summer and had nearly 100 fabulous entries!

Winners will receive the following:
Each will also receive a rosette to display pride of place on their winning topper!

The winners have been chosen by Faz and his team at our local Post Office in Culcheth. They loved being involved in the competition, saying, "This was great fun to judge and we can't believe how clever and imaginative people have been!" 

Watch Sara's launch video

First Prize
"Let Down Your Hair" by Emma, located at Larkman Lane, Norwich

Runner Up
"Under The Sea" by Alison and the Denby Dale Hookers, location Denby Dale Post Office, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield

Runner Up
"Swanley In Bloom" by Christine, location Swanley Post Office, London Road, Swanley


Congratulations to our brilliant winners and thank you to everyone who entered. We really enjoyed seeing every single entry and have put a blog post together to show off lots more of the brilliant toppers. We have notified all winners by email and their prizes will be sent to them by the 10th September 2024.

If you'd like to make your own Post Box Topper, we recommended using these patterns for the base: 
Download knitted and crocheted Post Box Topper base patterns from The Townswomen's Guilds


*Please note: Post Box Toppers must not disrupt or obstruct the workings and purpose of a post box.

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