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Wroxham and District Branch

This magnificent knitted quilt bedspread is the creation of the ladies of Wroxham and District branch. /( caused £700 worth of raffle tickets to be sold for a chance to own it when the branch held a luncheon at the Norfolk Broads Yacht Club which in turn raised £1,350. The bedspread has some remarkable vital statistics: it contains 56 handknitted squares and a 20ft hand-knitted lace edging. It is made from 44 fifty-gram balls of wool, has 89,141 stitches and look nine people 400 hours to knit and 102 hours to make up..

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