Mumbai: After successfully breaking the Guinness World Record of South African group who had made crochet blanket of 3377 sq mt long with the crochet blanket of 11148 sq mt long, ‘The Mother India Crochet Queens’ have once again joined hands, however, this time for a noble cause. Around 2500 women crochet queens under the banner of ‘Mother India Crochet Queens’ will now be knitting cotton crochet caps for Cancer patients.
“It was my childhood dream to participate in the Guinness World Record and make my country proud. However, I did not know in which category I could achieve my vision. When, I saw the details of world largest crochet blanket, I at once thought of enrolling myself for the competition”, said Subashri Natarajan, the pioneer of Mother India Crochet Queens.
To begin with a facebook page was created. Subashri added her family and friends who knew crochet and within no time 1000 ladies joined the group and started knitting. “It was an amazing experience. I just started a face book page and within no time we saw 1000 women joining hands. Slowly, the number multiplied and we turned into a group of 2500 knitters. We even got request from women outside India. However we could not take them as per the rules. However, I am sure we will join hands with women across the globe and spread the art of crochet and knitting”, beamingly said Subashri.
The total length of 11148 sq m long crochet blanket was completed within 6 months with the help of 2500 women. 1300 women participated in individual category as well. The Group was declared as the winner of the Guinness World Record on 31st January, 2016. The crochet was dismantled and all the blankets were donated to needy people all over India with the help of Tamilnadu police department.
“I just feel extremely happy and pleased to see the tremendous response we received. All this would not have been possible if I had not got such a wonderful response, encouragement and appreciation from the women across the country,” adds Subashri. “I am also thankful to my grandmother and father who introduced me to the world of crochet at a young age,” she adds further.
The Group has received an Appreciation letter from the Chief Minister of Gujarat for their commendable work and achievement.
“All the members were very happy when we received Appreciation letter by CM of Gujarat. Such encouragement motivates us to do more such works,” happily remarks Subashri.
“We have already started knitting crochet cotton caps for Cancer patients of Mumbai. We plan to make around 50,000 caps and distribute these in January, 2017,” she informs.
Those who want to join in the project can send request to MICQ 2016-caps Mother India’s Crochet Queens.
