Knitting in the News
Monday February 18, 2008
Hazel Tindall of Scotland is still the world's fastest knitter, as evidenced by her successfully facing three round of four different challengers at the Mall of America last weekend. She knit 262 stitches in three minutes, breaking her own record set in 2004. Dutch knitter Miriam Tegels, who has the Guinness World Record as the fastest knitter, came in second with 243 stitches.
Speaking of fast knitters, Wanneitta Precord is Canada's fastest knitter, who has knit 245 stitches in three minutes (that's on a row of 60 stitches, if you want to test yourself). She was visiting young knitters before she traveled to the competition in Minnesota, and she told them that knitting fast is just a matter of knowing the technique. She says she gets stage fright so she listens to her Mp3 player and takes off her glasses so she can't see the crowd.
A woman apparently tried to smuggle cigarettes into Poland in her yarn stash. Police became suspicious when they saw how much yarn she was carrying, and when they searched they discovered 2,000 packs of cigarettes amid the skeins. So pack light if you're ever visiting Poland, or you might get searched.
Finally, take a listen to this heartwarming story from NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg, who is knitting her first baby blanket in anticipation of the birth of her first grandchild. She knit through the 1970s while covering Watergate and in the 1980s while trying to quit smoking, and today she knits through more milestones.
Speaking of fast knitters, Wanneitta Precord is Canada's fastest knitter, who has knit 245 stitches in three minutes (that's on a row of 60 stitches, if you want to test yourself). She was visiting young knitters before she traveled to the competition in Minnesota, and she told them that knitting fast is just a matter of knowing the technique. She says she gets stage fright so she listens to her Mp3 player and takes off her glasses so she can't see the crowd.
A woman apparently tried to smuggle cigarettes into Poland in her yarn stash. Police became suspicious when they saw how much yarn she was carrying, and when they searched they discovered 2,000 packs of cigarettes amid the skeins. So pack light if you're ever visiting Poland, or you might get searched.
Finally, take a listen to this heartwarming story from NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg, who is knitting her first baby blanket in anticipation of the birth of her first grandchild. She knit through the 1970s while covering Watergate and in the 1980s while trying to quit smoking, and today she knits through more milestones.
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