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English Ladies Knit Entire Village

Sep 24, 2009 02:01 AM
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According to the UK's Daily Mail, a group of ladies have lovingly knitted their entire village.

"...A small group of very twinkly ladies started 23 years ago with a couple of cottages and some pigs, and ended up creating more than 60 properties, complete with wheelie bins, outdoor loos, gas tanks, cars in the driveways and even a smart red telephone box."

That's right, everything, even the church gravestones. Knitter Margaret Goldup says, "The lady who did the church knitted most of the graves when she was on a sunbathing holiday in Spain, which gave the other guests a bit of a jolt."

The village is true to scale, thanks to knitter Sheila Stead's late husband, Ron Stead. Ron surveyed the village, photographing all the properties, and ultimately producing accurate cardboard templates of each building.

Elderly women proudly displaying model houses they created.

Check out some photos of the knitted buildings with their paired sources below.

Model of a house made from fabric and textured materials.Traditional two-story house with a stone facade and ivy-covered entrance.

                                                     The Mitchell House

Knitted model of houses and a shop in a street scene.

Historic building with a green storefront and white picket fence.

                                                        The Village Store

Model of a house with detailed landscape elements.

Residential house with a garden and driveway.

                                                     The Edensor Bungalow

Knitted model of a house with a garden.

Small white cottage with a gray roof and a parked car outside.

                                                      The Old Gate House

Model of a quaint village with thatched-roof houses and a café.

Historic pub exterior with greenery.

                                                    The Royal Oak Pub

Colorful miniature houses and a street scene made from fabric and crafts.

             Picturesque High Street of Mersham village (complete with a natty striped car)



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