Sunday, May 17, 2009

knitted village

The model of Mersham, near Ashford, has been knitted by members of the village's 40-strong Afternoon Club over the past 23 years.
Lost Mitten has a post on this and I just had to share. Go to her blog post and get a link to a short video of the village. See some of the ladies and a few of the bulidings AND a cricket field complete with players onOtter Wise. The village has been on display over the years to raise money for city hall. But as of May 16, it is being sold piece by piece.
included in the village display are: (all knitted!) cars, houses, school, school bus, people, church, shops, pub, gardens, wheelie bins, outdoor loos, gas tanks, pigs, red telephone box....

24 comments:

  1. So cool!
    NiftyKnits
    http://niftyknits-somuchyarnsolittletime.blogspot.com/

    lives nearby and was able to buy a cottage!

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  2. That is so cool! It's huge - no wonder they have to sell it. (How much do you want to bet they start on another one now?)

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  3. What an incredible village! I can't imagine the time that went into it - wow!

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  4. that is way! cool! Something soft to play with!

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  5. I saw this in the news - isn't it so fun but well thought out too.

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  6. Wow, that is just so cute. I just can't imagine how much work must have gone into making that.
    Very nice,
    SQ

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  7. Adorable. How creative. Would love to have been a fly on the wall during some the knitting hours.LOLOL I admire their creative vision and ability to work together to complete such a lovely unified project.

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  8. Ooo - like you said on my blog - a beaded village would be cool! I've seen beaded sculpture and one of my dreams is be able to do something like that some day :) I have a pattern for a rose that I want to start with but I need to get a couple other things worked on first...and enough beads...

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  9. WOW! SOMEBODY has some SERIOUS Patience and skills!

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  10. thoroughly enjoying the comments! Rose Works Jewelry--Here is a beading blog. She is beading a (one dimensional) replica of the white house.
    http://blog.thelonebeader.com/
    Scroll down her posts to see her continuing work.

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  11. That is amazing! It's sad that it's being sold off piece by piece. It would be really cool to put it up for auction as a complete work. If a museum or something bought it then the whole village could be displayed somewhere...forever. WOW!

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  12. wow! that is amazing! thanks for showing us

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  13. That is amazing! I love it, and the craftsmanship in all those parts.

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  14. Hurry..my place --> http://inducedmetamorphosis.blogspot.com :)

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  15. Well that is just to freaking cool!

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  16. How incredible and sweet! I am moved by the detail that went into this long project.

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  17. This has to be the cutest, cuddle up little town ever!

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  18. oh my gosh that is awesome!

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  19. I can't even knit, let alone craft a house, road, and fences with yarn. I bow down to these villagers' superior crafting skills.

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