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Norway knitting show

NORWAY: In its latest experiment with live coverage of mundane events, Norway’s public broadcasting network plans to dedicate five hours of air-time to an attempt to break the knitting world record.

The NRK network says the Nov 1 broadcast will be preceded by a four-hour documentary on how the wool off a sheep’s back turns into a sweater.