Remember Marina’s Scarf of Friendship that we mentioned here on the blog last year? Marina (aka 167marina) from Russia had been collecting bits of yarn from all over the world to knit a super scarf that embodied the unity and friendship between different nations.
It took a whole year, but she finally finished this project late last year and took some photos with her friend Dasha, to show you the result. We thought the photos looked so lovely, we had to make another post about it! Have a look:
Isn’t that amazing? 😍 The colourful creation ended up being over 10 meters long and including all kinds of yarn, from wool to mohair, angora, cashmere, acrylic and even bamboo…
As well as postcrossers, she asked for help from all her friends and ended up with bits of yarn from 60 countries and 6 continents! Marina says:
“Each thread that I added to the scarf, was associated with a different country. I imagined the hot Bahamas, rainy London, night in Hong Kong, ancient palaces of Osaka, vivid festivals of India, the rock art of Egypt… Knitting is like traveling the planet! This scarf is a string of the Brazilian jungle, African desert, from the cold of the North Pole (Spitsbergen archipelago) and South distant Antarctica. They did the long and hard way: they were taken by snowmobile, helicopter and boat, by ship, by plane, by rail and finally by road.”
That sounds really inspiring — bravo Marina!
What about you? Planning any cool postal projects in 2018? Do share in the comments!
107 comments so far
REALLY NICE
love it!
awesome
I've send yarn too and I' m so delighted what came out 10 meters is absolutely great. Well done. Thank you for showing.
Love it it's a wonderful idea :)
good Marina is amazing what you did ❤
💚💚💚 AWESOME initiative Marina 💚 your STYLE!
I find this just amazing.
And yes: I have just started a postal project for 2018, "Houses in the Mail"
See the details here: https://mailadventures.blogspot.com/2018/01/houses-in-mail.html
Love it ❤️
Wow! Awesome pictures of an amazing piece of handicraft!
Kudos to Marina. Wonderful idea and amazing
photos. Loved it. ♥
Wonderful..so inspiring..
Awesome!!! :)
So creative and meaningful. I love the end result 💜
Great idea, lovely outcome.
Really Cool, Marina! :)
Beautiful and such a wonderful idea! Love it!
Awesome!! :)) your creativity is a gift of friendship :D <3
awesome scarf glad to be a part of it!
A world of colour and a world of positivity. Beautiful colours in their own right but enhanced when mixed together.
This scarf is amazing, the photos would make awesome post cards. Someone should make them, I would like one in my collection!!
;-D amazing project !
A piece of yarn connected the whole world,A great job hats off to you,thank you
Ooooh, so beautiful! A great idea perfectly accomplished!
Catwool is right: These photos would be great as postcards.
Fabulous!
AMAZING and supercool.!!!!!!
Your project was wonderful and inspiring.
This is beautiful! What a great idea!
Beautiful !!
Well done! The scarf is beautiful!!!
I love knitting, and I love this scarf! I want to do one now too... :)
Beautiful and creative! ♥
Marina, you did a great knitting job, and Dasha, you made lovely creative photos! Congratulations to this wonderful project!
Stunning! I agree that these photos are perfect candidates to be postcards themselves! With talents like this, both Marina and Dasha can open a web-site for their own merchandise - photos, postcards, knitted "stufffff...." Brand it and full steam ahead!
I wouldn't mind having a scarf like that (of course, no need to collect "с миру по нитке" (the Russian expression roughly - "thread by thread from all around a world will be enough to give a naked man a shirt" or English equivalent "many a mickle makes a muckle"). I'd settle for a shawl or a blanket (nasty weather in Toronto - you can tell :)))
This is such a beautiful project anyways, but these pictures are truely stunning. This would even look good in a model portfolio.
Well done, both of you. 🌈👍🏻
I wonder if Doctor Who got the yarn for his long scarf this way. Of course, his yarn donations would have come from all across the galaxy....
I do hope that the suggestions for postcards of the lovely artist and her creation will be headed. Beautiful photos, beautify lady, and an amazing accomplishment.
thumbs up!
cool project!
and the result is so beautiful!
As a knitter, this tickles me something fierce. Wonderful work!
Dear friends! I'm really glad You liked this idea. But it would not have been able to realize, if not for the support of postcrossing and its participants. Thanks for the support! All the best!
Card already have! Here it is!
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/RU-6176260
you are awesome and very clever indeed marina
Fantastic project! Good luck with the doll now!
This is awsome. I love it
I have a cats calender for 2018,each month has a card at the bottom to send.
I'm going to collect these and send one of them every month in 2019.
Because I also blog about postcrossing every week, I will also include this in my weblog about postcrossing.
What a great idea!!! Fantastic project....
fantastic
Impressive talent. Sourced the yarn and turned it into something both beautiful and functional.
I have a project, it already started for a while, it concerns mail-artist all around the world. (You can see the art here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/perfektamondo/photos/
Here is the project:
Hi to you, oh weird crowd of deviants and freaks,
as in your guts burns this insatiable desire to create,
I give you an opportunity to share the fantasies that
your tortured souls struggled to produce. Next year
in a small country called Taiwan, I will organize an exhibition of art ( painting, photos, collages, mail art, etc...) and I want here to humbly ask you to participate by sending me the fruit of your sweat. The topic is " a perfect world" any format is accepted but, being not the owner of a truck, I beg you, not too big. (A4 max)
As soon as I will start to recieve some masterpieces, I will
scan them or take photos and post them on this page
with your name, any message you want to appear and if you want, your address so people can contact you.
artistically yours,
Cyril
How cool! What a great project and fantastic photos.
I was just contemplating with another Postcrosser last night about collecting knitted/crochet pieces from fellow Postcrossers for an afghan....this is really awesome, and I LOVE the photos, too! The same sort of photos with a black background would probably also look sharp.
Well done and thanks for sharing!
You are beautiful and talented! Thank you for sharing your talents with the world.
What an amazing project and scarf to have! Love love love it! x Wendlyn
it will take a really really spectacular project to beat this amazing one! ♡
YES!!! Bahamas!!! So I guess my yarn arrived? :) I was wondering about this a few days ago. This is SO BEAUTIFUL 167 marina! Thank-you for the update <3
The dedication is real 😭💕
What a beautiful woman and a beautiful scarf!!!
Amazing!!!
I'll give her a big thumbs up. it's so amazing!
Beautiful, and such a clever project!
What a color full product, I love it! Thank you sharing with us.
-HAPPY NEW YEAR-
Marina this is fantastic! Well done. You have brightened everyone's day who has seen this. How sad that one person made a negative comment.Everyone else really appreciates your wonderful project. Thank you!
Wow! This is amazing!
A Fabulous Idea! Thank you for sharing with all of us.
Beautiful project! :)
This is the mail art project for 2018 of the watercolourists association I am a member of.. if someone wants to join he or she is welcome! :) Postcard size (10 x 15 cm), theme "Surrealism", in memory of Helga Ortwig, who was a great artist and a beautiful person! :) Free technique (painting, drawing, photography, collage and so on), no jury, no fee, no return of the cards, only original works, maximum 2 for each artist.
https://www.facebook.com/events/901484383310207/
Amazing IDEA! Great!
This is really a marvellous project! What a great idea! And what skills to make it so nice all together!
Looked at your profile and again you are having wonderful ideas! Hope I will get your address and send you something!
well done!! :D
What a fabulous end to a wonderful project. I love the photos too
Make a map with pins where my recived postcards come from 💞
It is absolutely beautiful!! Mary L
Wow!!!!! So very lovely. Both you and the photos are stunning! The scarf is really something, vibrant and beautiful. What a unique treasure you have created. Thank you for sharing the photos and your experience with your project. cm
I crochet scarves for loved ones and the homeless. But this was such a beautiful idea!!! Hooray for you and all who helped!!!!
That's so cool! Very creative! :D
I really enjoyed this story and continue to be inspired by the wonderful creative projects and points of view from all over the world.
A gorgeous, pretty, astounding, and an availing work of art, very impressive!
Fantastic project with beautiful results...so very amazing!
Beautiful!!! I doubt I would have that much patience:)
I absolutely love this beautiful scarf.
It's a reminder that each of us from different parts of the world can get together to form a force for good!
Love it!!
Happy to see the project finished, I sent yarn from France and I'm proud to have added a bit to the project. Well done !!
Thanks for the support! All the best!
Great idea! Marina, you're done! And I'm proud that this was invented by a Russian girl!
Such a beautiful scarf and a wonderful idea!
Inspiring project. Great job!
Fabulous!! I'm jealous of your international scarf. May it lead an adventurous life for many many years to come. Nice photos too!
OMG, so pretty, can someone please plan more meet ups, so I can meet more postcrossers?
What a lovely and creative idea. Makes the world a much smaller place.
Wow, this is absolutely super cool!
What an amazing idea - and the scarf is beautiful! Well done!
How extraordinary!!! I love it!
This is an amazing project and idea! I love it!
Dear Marina,
Many and many congratulations for your super idea and work. I scarcely can imagine what was going in your mind while you were making your project. Please allow me to call it a project. It is an inspiring light for all those who are fond of hand made stuff like I do.
All the best to you and go and go on.
What an amazing project, Marina. Thank you for sharing your finished work.
Cool project!
VERY IMPORTANT!
Hello everyone! Everytime I read such texts I understand that we're a big family and we all connected with each other! I need help, so postcrossers are only people who can help me!
My best friend's name is Alexandra. She is very positive and kind girl who is always ready to help everyone! Now she's having hard times ... Its is her birthday soon and I'd like to ask you to help me to congratulate and to support her. Could you be so kind to send me a photo of a sheet of paper near the beautiful view or landmark with text “ Dear Alexandra , happy birthday!…(Some wishes)….(Your town and country)”. If you are ready to help me,send me your photo on my e-mail miss.Angelinochka2001@mail.ru .
I think, that all together, we can show her, that she's very needed and very important like everybody else.
Thanks in Advance
I can't say it in one word... so I'll say "Wonderful" 1.000 times! I loooove the idea, the making and the result!!
I am thrilled. Love it! Congratulations to this wonderful idea and for the end product. What a nice thing to have at home and all the stories behind it!
What a great idea, and the photos are stunning! Here's to more world friendship! Kudos to Marina from a fellow knitter --
WONDERFUL!!
This is AWESOME! What a great idea! I wish I could knit.....
Great idea !!!
how long did it take you to make it
how long is it
@Darcey1 it's 10 meters long, and it took a year to knit :)
wow that is long it is amazing thanks for the reply Ana
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