Thursday, December 10, 2009

World's Largest Crochet Blanket...

Ok maybe I have too much time on my hands but today I was thinking 'What is the world's largest crochet blanket?' and much to my surprise I found the answer on Google. Here's an extract from the article...

Val Stone, a Devon, UK,-based pensioner has made the world's largest crocheted blanket and plans to sell it to raise money for a cancer fund. Stone, a leukaemia patient, has spent 11 years making the blanket, which is larger than a tennis court. The blanket measures about 24 metres by 8 metres when stretched out and weighs about 90 kilograms.

The blanket, which is recognised by Guinness World Records, is a combination of squares, all different from each other. "Every square is different. No-one has been able to spot two of the same yet," she was quoted as saying.

You can read the rest of the article here. I don't know about you guys but I want to see a photo of it, (why is there no photo?) an afghan as large as a tennis court? WOW! And can you imagine all the ends and having to sew them in ahhhhhh!

The final question I have is who's interested in making an afghan that covers a whole 2 tennis courts???? hehehehehe. If anyone can we girls can! hehehehehe.

13 comments:

  1. One project for 11 years! Oh no! I would die but damn that is commitment!

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  2. Here is a photo of it. Remove the spaces from the link.

    http://www. rathmell. org.uk/ pictures /image_7285_28.jpg

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  3. here is another link with the words below the photo.

    http://www. rathmell. org.uk/ rathmell-village-7285-information.php

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  4. thanks Ghost for the photo, its so crazy !!!!!

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  5. Oh my goodness. The thought of sewing all those ends in, and where did she work on this thing the bigger it got? That picture is amazing but I would love to see a picture of it from above. What a creation.

    FlowerLady

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  6. OMG... I don't even have patience to finish a blanket ... That lady spent 11 years of her life doing just this!!.. It's just ADMIRABLE!!

    In Chile, we have the largest fried fish... jajajaja...

    Hugs!!

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  7. Nice blog!! very interesting.I prefer a warm and smooth blanket because i love to feel comfortable in my bed, that is why is very important the quality of the blanket all the time. I always chose the better ones when by husband buy viagra and decided to pass a great time with me.

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  8. I am currently working on a blanket that has taken me 3 years so far to make. it takes up my whole living room. But I don't plan to get as big as that. I am hoping to be done with it in a month or two. My husband and I decided to count the stitches that I have done so far and it comes to 30780 and counting. We thought we would figure out what the world record was. Mine isn't close and I think after reading how big it is I don't want it to be. That takes too long and I am fed up with looking at the same color. :o)

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  9. and can't believe this!!! it's true I did the search, and result that all the data you put here is totally true.

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  10. I cannot believe how large this blanket is!

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  11. I can believe it I made a 7' by 7' for my husband in a week. What I can't believe is how long it took to make one that big... Sounds like a challenge to me :)

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