Why is it important to know how quicly somebody knits ?
mirjam
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Had a speed trial this morning.

With circular needles, I knit ~ 100 stitches per minute.
With DPN and sheath, I knit ~ 160 stitches per minute.

Under competition conditions, Shetland knitter Hazel Tindall's
world record was 255 stitches in 3 minutes, knitting stockinette
across a row of 60 stitches using 4mm needles and DK yarn.
Record set Saturday 9 October, 2004 at Alexandra Palace,
sponsored by the British Hand Knitting Confederation.
(That used to be a thin worsted-weight in the USA but
I've recently seen "DK" yarn that was a thick sock-weight.)

Wannietta claims 79 sts/minute; if she keeps it up for the full
three minutes, that would be 237 sts/3 min.

I have no idea whether anyone has timed Stephanie Pearl-McPhee,
but she can design, knit, and reknit large parts of a sweater
in five days, while maintaining normal activities and family
life.

website: http://www.bhkc.co.uk/data/fastest.htm

(I checked the website in 2004; I haven't checked recently.)

=Tamar