Marathoner Sets Record for Knitting While Running

I am capable of walking while knitting. I am not a runner, but even if I were I don’t think I would ever consider trying to combine the two pursuits.

But apparently running and knitting at the same time is enough of a thing that there’s a Guinness record for the longest scarf knit while running a marathon.

Susie Hewer has held the record since 2008, when she knit a respectable scarf of 5 feet, 2 inches at the Flora London Marathon. She broke her own record in April with a 6 foot, 9-inch scarf.

But over the weekend David Babcock shattered that record at the Kansas City Marathon, finishing a scarf of just over 12 feet in length.

On straight needles. While running.

I would at least use circulars.

His specs are as follows: acrylic yarn, 30 stitches wide on size 15 US plastic needles working garter stitch. His time was 5 hours, 48 minutes and 27 seconds.

Awesome.

[Photo by Jim Barcus of the Kansas City Star.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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