Northumberland volunteers cover trees in patchwork quilts to raise money for charity.

Northumberland residents, volunteers and children have 'bombed' trees in Prudhoe with knitting to raise money for charity.

The craze, 'yarn bombing', is where crochet squares have been made by friends, family, ladies in South Africa, and local knitting clubs. People have bought the squares for £5, which forms the patchwork used to 'bomb' the trees.

With each square, people can write dedications to loved ones in a book, which now sits alongside the trees in Prudhoe Waterworld, a building nearby.

Carol Tree, Alan Moore and Donna Southgate organised the fundraising effort for Spirit of Africa, a charity which raises money for a foster care home and pre-school in South Africa: