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 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)