The UK’s crochet experts have picked up their hooks to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – recreating the monarch and her corgis in miniature to sit on top of post boxes across the country.

Keen crocheters have decorated their communities with bejewelled crowns and googly-eyed versions of the Queen’s Guard to mark her 70 years on the throne.

Jasmine Colley, 27, dedicated six weeks to her Jubilee-themed creation, which she displayed on a post box near her home in Harwich.

The design features a purple and gold crown flanked by one of the Queen’s corgis and the monarch herself, sporting a matching purple dress and hat.

“It is so admirable that the Queen is the longest reigning female monarch of all time,” Ms Colley said.

“I loved the process. I spend all my spare time crocheting, it’s so nice driving past and seeing people looking at it.

“I even have a little competition going locally to get people involved if they choose to.

“All they have to do is share and take a selfie with ‘the Queen’ for a chance to win their own crochet Queen.

“It’s so nice to see the community getting involved especially when we were all locked down for so long.

“I can’t wait to see the town all decorated and the street parties in action in June.”

The projects take many hours to complete but mailbox toppers are a “fast-growing phenomenon”, according to an avid crochet.