Model village knitted from wool

by admin on April 28, 2009

From Telegraph.co.uk:

A model village which took 23 years to create entirely from wool has gone on sale.

Many of the landmarks of Mersham near Ashford in Kent – population 1,022 – have been knitted by members of the village’s Afternoon Club since 1986.

Creations include the local primary school, the church, both pubs, the local shop, residents playing cricket, and even some of the local teenagers smoking a cigarette outside the bus shelter.

Many of the houses have also been stitched, complete with flowers occupying the gardens and cars on the roads, to help capture a slice of everyday life of the village.

Thousands of hours of intricate handiwork have gone into creating the knitted village over the past 23 years by members of the 40-strong Afternoon Club.

Be sure to click through and look at the pictures, it’s amazing!

{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

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Marque 05.23.09 at 1:29 am

I loved seeing this display! It is amazing and I can fully understand why it took so long! The amount of work and the talent involved,is truly incredible. I have two books, one by Jan Messent and the other by Hannelore Wernhard that deal with type of knitting and have made some of the characters and it isn’t all that easy. What an Amazing job all of them did!

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Bonnie Strohl 06.01.09 at 6:53 pm

I would like at acquire back issues of your magazine and start a subscription. I have not seen it in any book stores (Borders or Barnes & Noble). Could you give me some information?
Thank you,
Bonnie

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Bernadette Glorio 06.08.09 at 2:45 pm

I’m actually sad it’s being broken up. Too bad the village couldn’t keep it on display somewhere for tourists like me that might travel off the beaten path to see it.

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Ruth Brookes 06.18.09 at 10:01 am

Wow! Our WI has just finished knitting the Hannelore Wernhard farm and were quite pleased with our efforts. However, these ladies make us look like beginners!

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Lynn 06.29.09 at 4:29 am

Amazing! Too bad the village has to be broken up! There must be somewhere for it to be displayed! Good work people!And fun was had by all I’m sure!

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