A Record Goes Up in Flames

A few days ago, newspapers in South Africa announced that a bookkeeper named Alta Tucker had broken the national record as the fastest knitter by knitting 178 stitches in 3 minutes. The previous record was 162 stitches. That's pretty damn fast.  But Alta probably won't need to be jetting to the UK in October for the World Competition, because (get this) the world record is 255 stitches in 3 minutes.

So, I tried it. And I'll be damned if my needles didn't burst into flames.

Not.

The best I could do was 80 stitches in 3 minutes - using cashmere on Addi's.

I didn't want to get on an airplane anyway.

Comments

[~Kristie]

I don't even dare try to time myself...I'm afraid the results would be too depressing.

[Jennifer]

That is crazy fast knitting. No way am I that fast. I'm not even going to time myself. I just know.