Woman knits for four days
NZPA-AFP Vaesteraas A Swedish housewife who knitted non-stop for more than four days set a new world endurance record for knitting, it has been reported. Maj-Lis Johansson, who lives at Vaesteraas, 100 km north of Stockholm, put down her needles after knitting for 101 hours With only five minutes pause after each hour.
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Press, 19 April 1985, Page 18
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