{"id":1844751,"date":"2025-07-17T10:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844751"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:52:59","slug":"large-wool-map-of-ireland-seeks-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/large-wool-map-of-ireland-seeks-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Wool Map of Ireland Seeks New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This wool map of Ireland took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MMQYH6ZMt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/woollen-map-of-ireland-6763400-Jul2025\/\">The Journal<\/a><\/em>: \u201cA 12ft by 11ft wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Journal: \u201cA 12ft by 11ft wool map of Ireland, which took four years of knitting and crocheting to complete, is in search of a new home to go on public display.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-07-17T14:53:02+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lu66pc47ou2h","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lu66pc47ou2h\",\"cid\":\"bafyreib4olgevtk32pv5szplaxwap224zgvdon476wuhupnbvgskpc4ojy\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreia2c7wkcj2s64h7au76nnbjz6e6zxq6yf4hhjuy62fnehstfi33v4\",\"rev\":\"3lu66pc4el42h\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[372,884,444,272],"class_list":["post-1844751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-big-maps","tag-fabric","tag-ireland","tag-textiles","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5646,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2013\/08\/a-fantasy_map-of-ireland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844751,"position":0},"title":"A Fantasy Map of Ireland","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 August 2013","format":"image","excerpt":"Another data point for our consideration of what people think a fantasy map looks like, from the author of the Maptitude tumblelog: a fantasy map of Ireland, replete with, as you would expect, forests and hills. 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