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Knitting News Archive01-Dec-2008Knitting: not just your grandma's pastime (Student Life) Before the beginning of my American Politics lecture last semester, I scanned the room. The mauve knit hat several rows ahead of me caught my eye. Hands clutching bamboo needles clacked away, and beneath them fuzzy navy yarn was splayed across the tiny desk and into a girl's lap. The market for knitting supplies ?has never been better,? says Terry Peterson, manager of Joseph's Coat in Missoula. ... (Missoulian) The market for Knitting supplies ?has never been better,? says Terry Peterson, manager of Joseph's Coat in Missoula. ?I'm selling a lot of organic yarn, yarn from Montana, as well as bison wool yarn.? Slip into something wooly - Olive Township man makes hand-cranked wool socks (The Holland Sentinel) Mike Bronkema?s Shady Side Farm hand-cranked socks are 100 percent local, from the wool to the work. Bronkema, an Olive Township firefighter, uses an antique circular sock knitting machine to create the handmade symbol of warmth and comfort. He also owns the sheep used to make the wool yarn, and then he dyes it himself. Bronkema?s hand-cranked socks can be purchased at downtown ... AREA KNITTING GROUPS (MyCentralJersey.com) A sampling of Central Jersey knitting groups is listed below: Close knit congregation (Westerly Sun) Members of Calvary Church are knitting kneelers for the congregation. SUSANNAH H. SNOWDEN / THE SUN Sunlight pours into her home as Julia Stapleton works on a needlepoint. The needlepoint will be a kneeler for Calvary Church in Stonington. Prolific Alliance knitter recognized by president (Scottsbluff Star-Herald) ALLIANCE ? ?I love to sit at home, knit, crochet and help people,? said Edith Weed, 79, of Alliance. Weed enrolled as a Retired and Senior Volunteer Program member in March 1995, and to date, she has recorded 5,861 hours of Knitting and crocheting.
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