THEY may be in the colours of France’s Le Tricolor but you will not find these on the Champs-Elysees.

Creative hands in East Lancashire have knitted red, white and blue bunting ahead of the visit of the Tour of Britain, which passes through the Ribble Valley and Pendle on September 7.

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The idea was the brainchild of Deborah Bentley, who runs wool stall Wooley Bargains on Colne indoor market where she hosts a knit-and-natter group.

Other triangles were made in yellow for the race leader, and green and white for the King of the Mountain.

Deborah said: “We have made about 100 and they will be on display in the market and in the glass house at the front of the market.

“We are also going to put a bike in the exhibition case to celebrate the end of the race.

“We have never done anything like this before because we have only been going for 12 months.”

Deborah, who runs the family stall with her daughter Kathryn, is a foster carer and she believes knitting is very therapeutic.

The 50-year-old said: “We meet every Monday from 1.30pm until 3.30pm for the knit-and-chat group. Usually people will knit while having a cup of tea and have a chat. They all learn from each other as some of them are not as good as the others.

“We show them how to use patterns and the different stitches.

“They like it when the deliveries come as they can see all the new wools and colours when they come in.”

Cycling fans are being encouraged to line the race route as the world’s best riders head through East Lancashire on September 7.