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[firecat]

"Popularity of woollen coffins soars" in the UK.

Which made me wonder whether if I were dying I would like watching friends knit me a woollen coffin. Or what it would be like to knit my own.

(Although actually I want to be cremated, and it would be a shame to burn up good knitting with my body.)

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[nitoda]

Looking at the manufacturers' site, it's way more like woollen blanketing - not a knitted product at all! - and tested for weight bearing up to and over 600 pounds. Looks good to me.