With arm knitting, the yarn is wrapped around the knitter's arms in order to create stitches. The stitches are bigger, so chunkier yarn is used, and this means blankets can be knitted more quickly ...

Dan Soar, from Shirland, Derbyshire, challenged himself to set the Guinness world record for arm knitting the most blankets in a day. The 31-year-old, who finished his knit-a-thon on Saturday at ...