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People produce giant blanket in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, connect 20-square-centimeter granny squares gifted by knitters from across the world to create a giant blanket on Sept. 20, 2014, in a project led by Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. 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.

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Disaster-affected people create Guinness-recognized blanket

Photo taken in September 2014 in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki shows people piecing together 20-square-centimeter pieces of knitting contributed from all over the world. They created a 464-square-meter blanket, which has been recognized as the largest in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disaster-affected people create Guinness-recognized blanket

Photo taken in September 2014 in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki shows people piecing together 20-square-centimeter pieces of knitting contributed from all over the world. They created a 464-square-meter blanket, which has been recognized as the largest in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo