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Knitting News Archive08-Apr-2008Monday Buffet: Libby Man Sentenced, Obama & Clinton Wrap, Hedgehog Attack (Flathead Beacon) Good morning and happy World Health Day. A Libby man found guilty of plotting to have his wife killed is sentenced to 10 years. Local woman publishes several successful books on Knitting. A comprehensive wrap-up of the best stories from the weekend covering Obama and Clinton's visit. The showdown over Real ID averted. And in New Zealand, a vicious hedgehog attack. A fiber artist's patterned life in New Brunswick (Boston Globe) LAKEBURN, New Brunswick - "Knitting is in again," author Margaret Atwood said in a recent radio interview. In Atlantic Canada, I'm not sure it ever went out of style. The weather here is like New England's, plenty of rainy days and even longer winters. That means lots of time for needlework. Drake Relays: Shot putter looking great on paper (The Des Moines Register) Origami. Knitting. And the shot put. In Ryan Whiting?s world, these interests blend together, making the national champion from Arizona State one of the more eclectic athletes in track and field. Knitting loom among 17 new patents (Deseret Morning News) ? Cinch. Brett L. Siddoway, Hooper. Filed Dec. 27, 2005, a divisional of Patent No. 6,993,893, filed Feb. 27, 2003. Patent No. 7,340,873. ? Method and device for vibration control. Handmade, with attitude (The Sacramento Bee) Members of the Sacramento Craft Mafia are armed and dangerously intent on making one-of-a-kind merchandise you'll find hard to refuse. Melody Claussen-Furry, left, Katie Reeves and Amy Cluck are members of the Sacramento Craft Mafia, a group devoted to making things by hand. Melody Claussen-Furry, a founding member of the Sacramento Craft Mafia, made these necklaces. Six Stocks to Buy and Hold (Kiplinger.com) Sick of the market's gyrations? A master analyst identifies stocks that are safe bets for the next ten years. Farmers markets celebrate 30th season (Eureka Times-Standard) Sherria Tyler plans to spend the next week knitting like crazy. The owner of two alpacas and a llama, Tyler spins the animals' wool into yarn, then hand-dyes and knits the yarn into hats and scarves to sell at the annual Arcata Farmers Market. Guys, too, tend to their knitting (Cape Cod Times) A growing number of men around the country defy the stereotype of Knitting as a hobby for old women making unwanted sweaters as holiday gifts.
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