Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Most people knitting simultaneously: Taiwan sets world record
Fengshan, Kaohsung, Taiwan -- A total of 1,805 knitters, including students and community volunteers, completed nearly finished scarves at Fengshan Stadium to mark the end of the Cao Jin Cultural Festival - setting the new world record for the Most people knitting simultaneously in a single location, according to World Record Academy (www.worldrecordacademy.com).
Photo: More than 1,800 people knit "rainbow scarves" in a world record attempt at the Fengshan Stadium in Greater Kaohsiung's Fengshan District. Photo: CNA (enlarge photo)
The Guinness world record for the Most People Knitting Simultaneously in a single location was set by 1146 participants in an event organised by the Roscommon Lamb Festival in Roscommon, Ireland.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the longest finger knitting by a team: 6188.8 m (20304 ft 5 in) long, created by students of the 4th grade of the elementary school in Kammern and volunteers (all Austria).
The annual festival is held in memory of Cao Jin, a municipal director of the late Qing Dynasty, for his efforts to build the Caogong Canal, which consisted of 44 water channels that helped irrigate 2,473 hectares of agricultural land.
The record-breaking knit-a-thon was witnessed by Tsai Po-ying, deputy director-general of the city's Civil Affairs Bureau and a lawyer.
The scarves will be given away to under-priviledged groups, including the disabled, senior citizens living in nursing homes and single-parent families, said the organizers.
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