Wednesday 18 February 2015

The giant cardigan of Cardigan.

Yesterday I was so fortunate to see the giant cardigan of Cardigan.
A beautiful exhibition of a collaborative work of knitting art, put together by Lisa Hellier. She came up with the idea of knitting a map of Cardigan, on a giant knitted cardigan.
She had a team of local people ,and herself,  getting together, like a knitting bee, to create this work of art.
I can't tell you how lovely it is, but it's stunning and hopefully you can see it in these photos.
You can view it at the Guidlhall Cardigan now.
Enjoy :)
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Here you can see the back in detail...


Again the back with the sleeves outstretched out...


A little more detail...


You can see my daughter in the background :)


The inside opens up to show faces of the people that live here...
and my daughter striking a pose again....


more detail..


I love the houses and the water...


and we must not forget the mermaid of St Dogmaels...


lets get knitting ! 

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7 comments:

Debra said...

It is so beautiful!

Partofyourstory said...

Lovely, i was nearby a few weeks ago, wish it had been showing then. xx

Susie McMahon said...

What FUN! I love it!

Valerie H. said...

Great work! Love it!

Sarah Hawkings said...

This is fabulous., beautiful work and lovely to look at.

Thank you for sharing xx

Karen H said...

Wow! Such a lot of detail in this...it looks as if it was great fun to make

Unknown said...

Wow, what a fantastic work of art.