Knitting and Sewing
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Knitting News Archive03-Apr-2008Knitting Group (Westerly Sun) Your world is just a click away! Select a new calendar to jump to. Search for an Event. Sewing usurps knitting role as latest craft trend (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) Knitting was the new-again craze five years ago. Everyone was clicking needles, from young professionals in bars and cafes to superstars such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Julia Roberts. Now sewing is back in vogue. "Sewing is the new Knitting," says Amber Eden, editor of Threads, a magazine for sewing enthusiasts. FAST FACTS: (Rushville Republican) ? Finely decorated cotton socks have been found in Egyptian tombs dating from the end of the first millennium AD ? possibly the oldest example of true knitting on two sticks, similar to what is performed today. To See a Stock Market Bubble Bursting, Look at Shanghai (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) After two years of soaring share prices, the Shanghai composite index has plunged 45 percent from its high, reached last October. Web site auctions evidence (AP via Yahoo! News) In the mood to buy a conversation piece? Say, an ancient Tibetan bead? An autographed comic book? Maybe a set of police vehicle lights? Cobra Starship Spawn Newest Pitchdork Friendly Tween Sensation: This Is Ivy League (antiMUSIC) (PR) Don't be surprised when you see screaming girls at the Knitting Factory in NYC on April 14th when This Is Ivy League (Alex Suarez and Ryland Blackinton) performs an all ages show for its ever-growing throng of young enthusiasts in celebration of the release of its debut self-titled album on Twentyseven Records. How to pitch your small business to the media (Market Watch) If you?re a newly minted, self-employed entrepreneur, you probably realize it isn?t enough to do great things or have great products and services. You have to tell people about it, and a good way to do that is to keep the press interested in you and your business. Website turns police evidence into cash (USA Today) At propertyroom.com, unclaimed items from more than 1,000 police departments are auctioned with most bids starting at $1, including jewelry, artwork, vehicles and electronics are just a few categories
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