World Knitting News Today

Novice Timaru Girl’s High School knitters have persevered, with a little help from some experienced knitters, to boost a world record attempt for the largest blanket fort.

She said one woman came in with 96 squares she had knitted over the weekend. John Bisset/Stuff Rangi Timothys first attempt at knitting at the Timaru District Library in 2016. Each week avid and novice knitters get together at the district libraries to get as many squares knitted as possible, as well as completing them at home. Rangi Timothy, one of two male knitters at the Timaru session on Thursday, learnt to knit five years ago as part of therapy for his thoracic outlet syndrome which aff...