Extreme Knitting Records
I don't think I'm about to beat any knitting world records any time soon, but who knows what we could accomplish if we tried!
Table of Contents
- Largest Knitting Needles: March 2008
- Longest Scarf Knitted Whilst Running a Marathon: April 2008
- Fastest Knitter: August 2006
- Longest Finger Knitting by a Team: July 2008
- Longest Finger Knitting: June 2004
- Longest French Knitting: February 2005
- Longest Knitted Scarf: November 2006
- Most People Knitting Simultaneously: August 2009
- Largest Knitted Sculpture: September 2005
- Largest Scarf Knitted by a Team: June 2005
- Largest Knitted Hat: October 2008
- Largest Knit Tea Cosy: April 2009
- Astounding Knits!: 101 Spectacular Knitted Creations and Daring Feats
- Tell me what you think!
- About Me
Largest Knitting Needles: March 2008
Ms. Wagner knit a 10x10 square with knitting needles measuring 3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in) long and with a diameter of 8 cm (3.15 in).
Longest Scarf Knitted Whilst Running a Marathon: April 2008
Susie Hewer knit a scarf 62 cm (5 ft 2 in) long while running the Flora London Marathon in 2008.
More on Susie Hewer
- Longest crochet chain whilst running a marathon
- Hewer also holds the record for longest crochet chain whilst running a marathon, achieved in 2010.
- Longest scarf knitted whilst running a marathon
- Official from Guinness World Records.
- Extreme Knitting Redhead
- Hewer's knitting blog.
Fastest Knitter: August 2006
Miriam Tegels is the worlds fastest knitter. When creating the world record, she knit 118 stitches in a single minute!
Learn to Speed Knit
Longest Finger Knitting by a Team: July 2008
Barbara Obermann led a team of fourth graders and volunteers in Austria that achieved the longest finger knitting in the world at 6188.8 m (20304 ft 5 in).
Learn to Finger Knit
Longest Finger Knitting: June 2004
Niklas Bernhard completed the longest piece of finger knitting at 4,321.4 m (14,177 ft 9 in).
Longest French Knitting: February 2005
Edward Peter Hannaford holds the world record for the longest French knitting at 21.75 km (13.51 miles). He began working on this project in 1989.
What is French Knitting?
is what I called spool knitting as a kid. You end up with a long icord chain. I'm not sure if this applies to larger loom knitting projects or not, but this kit will help you learn more!
Clover Wonder Knitter
Amazon Price: $5.06 (as of 06/01/2012)
Still curious? Check out this Guide to French Knitting to learn more.
Longest Knitted Scarf: November 2006
The world record for the longest scarf knit by an individual is held by Helge Johansen. His scarf measures 3,463.73 m (11,363 ft 11 in; 2.15 miles) and took 23 years of knitting to complete!
Most People Knitting Simultaneously: August 2009
937 people knit together to achieve the world record for the most people knitting simultaneously. This knitting event was organized by Sock Summit LLC.
Largest Knitted Sculpture: September 2005
The Gelatin Collective created the world's largest knit sculpture. After a year of knitting, and seven weeks of assembling the pieces made out over 1000 kg (2200 lbs) of wool, they erected a 61M (200 ft) long pink knit rabbit "Hase" on the side of a mountain in Italy.
Press of the Largest Knit Sculpture
Can it really be seen by space?
- Gelitin
- Read about the project from the creaters of Hase!
- Giant pink bunny erected
- "Group member Wolfgang Gantner said: 'It's supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can't help but smile.'"
- A giant knitted rabbit in Italy can be seen from space by visitors to Google Earth
- "A giant knitted rabbit in Italy can be seen from space by visitors to Google Earth. "
- Giant Sized Art: Pink Knitted Rabbit Visible From Space
- "This giant pink knitted toy rabbit on the side of the Colletto Fava mountain in the Piedmont region of northern Italy has just been picked up by Google Maps, and is added to a growing number of giant sized art projects designed to be seen from space."
Largest Scarf Knitted by a Team: June 2005
Liz Rundle assembled a team to knit the longest scarf in the world, measuring 54.29 km (33.74 miles)! These efforts executed by the volunteers, friends and supporters of Ty Hafan - The Children's Hospice in Wales.
Largest Knitted Hat: October 2008
Irmgard Kargl organized volunteers form all over Europe to create a knit hat measuring 6.90m (22 ft 7 in) in height and 15.05m (49 ft 4 in) in circumference.
Largest Knit Tea Cosy: April 2009
Rachel Barson organized the construction of the largest tea cozy! (Measurements not provided.)
Astounding Knits!: 101 Spectacular Knitted Creations and Daring Feats
Astounding Knits!: 101 Spectacular Knitted Creations and Daring Feats
Amazon Price: $9.75 (as of 06/01/2012)
Do you want to learn about other knitting world records? I know I would like to see a hand knit Ferrari! Other feats including the hand knit wedding will be described in this book.
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kimadagem
Sep 7, 2011 @ 10:28 pm | delete
- It was a lot of fun reading these statistics - some are just incredible. (I do wonder, though, if that finger-knitter could move his hands at all when he finished. :) )
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Ladymermaid
May 28, 2011 @ 12:42 pm | delete
- Lol...it is amazing the type of things which occupy the human mind. I love this lens.
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rorymullen
Apr 14, 2011 @ 7:45 am | delete
- I often wonder how fast my mom can Knit. I am almost willing to be that she would come close to the world record for the faster knitter per minute. She can create a baby hat in under 10 minutes.
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Lemming13 Mar 6, 2011 @ 11:06 am | delete
- Brilliant! Made me smile so much. Blessed, rolled and liked.
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- Love this lens. I am glad I stumbled upon it. Favorited, lensrolled to The Joy of Wool Felting and sprinkled with Angel dust.
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musicaldreamer Feb 28, 2011 @ 8:32 pm | delete
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- Fun topic!
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