Comments on: Kansas http://www.elsidodge.com/blog/?p=46 Author of "RV Tourist: Tips, Tools, and Stories" Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:14:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Elsi http://www.elsidodge.com/blog/?p=46#comment-34 Elsi Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:23:21 +0000 http://www.elsidodge.com/blog/?p=46#comment-34 Roadside America is one of my favorite sites. It's full of quirky places and facts. Here's what they offered (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNDARtwine.html): —> largest ball of sisal twine rolled by one man: Darwin, Minnesota Started in 1950, the ball weighs 17,400 pounds and is twelve feet in diameter —> largest ball of sisal twine: Cawker City, Kansas 7,049,191 feet long, as of August, 2003; 17,000 pounds —> plastic string ball: Branson, Missouri 41.5 foot circumference, 13 feet tall —> twine ball rolled by one man: Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin 19,336 pounds Now, you'll notice none of those is actually yarn, and Google and I couldn't find anything useful on balls of yarn. Sorry! Roadside America is one of my favorite sites. It’s full of quirky places and facts. Here’s what they offered (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNDARtwine.html):

—> largest ball of sisal twine rolled by one man: Darwin, Minnesota
Started in 1950, the ball weighs 17,400 pounds and is twelve feet in diameter
—> largest ball of sisal twine: Cawker City, Kansas
7,049,191 feet long, as of August, 2003; 17,000 pounds
—> plastic string ball: Branson, Missouri
41.5 foot circumference, 13 feet tall
—> twine ball rolled by one man: Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
19,336 pounds

Now, you’ll notice none of those is actually yarn, and Google and I couldn’t find anything useful on balls of yarn. Sorry!

]]> By: Jane http://www.elsidodge.com/blog/?p=46#comment-33 Jane Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:54:47 +0000 http://www.elsidodge.com/blog/?p=46#comment-33 About how large IS that largest ball of yarn? I'm a beginner knitter so this interests me... About how large IS that largest ball of yarn? I’m a beginner knitter so this interests me…

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