These ladies have recreated a miniature model of their village made entirely of crochet!
Those who think that crochet is rather boring and repetitive, perhaps, have never experienced this activity.
In fact, crochet is not to be relegated solely to the production of sweaters, hats, and baby booties, made by enthusiastic grandmothers thrilled with the idea of having a grandchild to carry around and show off; it can be so much more.
This is what the ladies of the Cloughmills Crochet Club demonstrated when with their craftsmanship, they created a model of their village made of crochet wool yarn - and the result is absolutely unique.
The small town of Cloughmills, located in Northern Ireland, is where, seven years ago, Ms. May Aitcheson founded the now famous Cloughmills Crochet Club.
Mrs. Aitcheson's goal was to help senior citizens socialize and develop their manual skills.
The club now has 30 members, who in 2017 decided to make a copy of their village using woolen yarn; and, in only seven months they achieved a spectacular result.
For the project, fields, animals, and scarecrows were also reproduced. And, of course, the church with the shops next door, could not be missing!
The idea was launched by the founder, who years ago had seen a miniature model in a nearby village, but it was nothing like what the members of the Cloughmills Crochet Club were able to produce.
There is even a river made out of wool in the model, which reproduces the real one.
To begin with, the ladies went around the town to photograph the buildings in the area, and on this basis, they constructed the buildings with cereal boxes that were then covered with the crochet pieces featuring different kinds of stitches.
The gardens have been recreated in the smallest details, from carrots to cauliflowers.
They even recreated buildings that no longer exist, such as the shirt factory, where many of senior ladies once worked.
In an interview, May Aitcheson stated that "Each one of us recreated more and more pieces and when they were all put together, our replica had become very large".
In fact, when they had finished their woolen miniature village model, it was so big that it could not pass through the doors of the room in the town hall where they had constructed the model.
In the end, it was decided to leave it there, to be admired by anyone who saw it and was intrigued.
The next project in the pipeline? A miniature of Belfast, perhaps - but that would take many more people!
Good job, ladies! :)
