Bahrain ‘Queens’ gird up for Guinness record
A social media group of crochet enthusiasts, known as Mother India’s Crochet Queens, is gearing up for setting the Guinness World Record of knitting the largest crochet blanket in the world. With the support of Indian women of all age groups from across the world, the group is working hard to finish the daunting task by the end of the year.
Started by Chennai-based Subashri Natarajan in August, the group comprises of nearly a 1,000 Indian women from all parts of the world aged between eight years and 85 years. Subashri, an MBA graduate, has been an avid crocheter since the age of 10.
A group of highly enthusiastic Indian women under the guidance of Subashri Natarajan have taken upon themselves the task of crocheting 5,000
blankets measuring upto a total of 5,000 square meters with the aim of entering the Guinness World Records.
The current record set by South Africa in April 2015 stands at 3/377 square meters. Subashri and her team hope to break this record.
Indian expat women in Bahrain also will join this group. The overseas group from the Kingdom of Bahrain has forty enthusiastic Indian women, who are working hard to achieve their targets. The group, started in October, is getting more members.
The Bahrain group will assemble in Andalus Garden on Saturday to help achieve the target. A Facebook page by the same name has been created and is already garnering interest amongst Indian women crocheters.
WhatsApp groups also have been created to keep track on the numbers. As the work is in full swing, the group is now looking for sponsors for the finale event to be held in Chennai, India on the January 26, 2016.
Guinness officials will fly down from London to measure the blanket and officially bestow upon the group the title of the World’s Largest Crochet Blanket. Any Indian woman, who would like to be a part of this mission from the Island, can contact the overseas Bahrain coordinator Ms Anu Venugopal on 36314794.
For more information visit their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ groups/468779636631544/ permalink/46878082996
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