World's largest blanket created in disaster-hit Japan city

World's largest blanket created in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, and people affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake complete in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2014, a giant blanket connecting more than 11,000 granny squares donated by knitters all over the world. Kestler is set to seek the listing of the 476-square-meter blanket as a new Guinness World Record for a crocheted blanket exceeding the current record of about 306 square meters. (Kyodo)

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