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.

People produce giant blanket in disaster-hit Japan city

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.

World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record

World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record

SENDAI, Japan - A project to produce the world's largest blanket, about 20 meters square, by putting together handmade fabrics collected from all over the world is under way in quest of a Guinness World Record in Sendai, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014. The project is led by German knitter Bernd Kestler of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to encourage people in the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record

World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record

SENDAI, Japan - A project to produce the world's largest blanket, about 20 meters square, by putting together handmade fabrics collected from all over the world is under way in quest of a Guinness World Record in Sendai, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014. The project is led by German knitter Bernd Kestler of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to encourage people in the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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)

World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record

World's biggest blanket eyed for Guinness record

SENDAI, Japan - A project to produce the world's largest blanket, about 20 meters square, by putting together handmade fabrics collected from all over the world is under way in quest of a Guinness World Record in Sendai, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014. The project is led by German knitter Bernd Kestler of Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to encourage people in the region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

German knitter supports Tohoku people

German knitter supports Tohoku people

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at a cafe in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011, shows Bernd Kestler, a German knitter, with hats and some knitted items donated to the disaster-hit Tohoku region for his initiative ''Knit for Japan.'' (Kyodo)

German knitter supports Tohoku people

German knitter supports Tohoku people

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at a cafe in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011, shows Bernd Kestler, a German knitter, with knitted hats that were donated to the disaster-hit Tohoku region for his initiative ''Knit for Japan.'' (Kyodo)