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Red Roses full-back Emma Sing was not expecting a phone call from head coach John Mitchell while in a crochet class - a favourite activity in England's camp.

Growing up in upstate New York, they were kept busy at home by their mother, Ruth, with a variety of activities that included crocheting, knitting, doing embroidery, building walls, planting trees and even beekeeping.

Within the crowd, some seized the opportunity to debut their first festival look — wearing trendy, crochet tops and headscarves.

Seyfried listened to the book — “I can’t read and crochet at the same time,” she says — and found that it fulfilled a specific long-held desire of hers: She really wanted to play a cop.

She said the response to the cafe's "offline nights" had been positive so far, adding: "There were strangers sat on tables together, and a lot of skill sharing such as knitting and crocheting."