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29-Dec-2008

 

Tips to becoming ready to evacuate (The Press-Enterprise)
Mary Winn knew she had minutes to flee her home when thick smoke from a fast-moving fire engulfed her Corona neighborhood last month. She grabbed her medicine, the oxygen tank she needs to breathe and a few other items: her Knitting bag, embroidery, a book and a curling iron.

Strung together: Love of knitting meets unique fabric (La Crosse Tribune)
BLACK RIVER FALLS ? When Bette Marshall saw the alpacas on her daughter?s farm for the first time, she thought they were cute. But when she saw the fleece, she got a little more serious.

Romance and Recovery in Quake-Devastated Area (New York Times)
Months after an earthquake hit southwestern China, new couples are one sign of the beginnings of a recovery.

Places: Camas Creek Yarn Knitting Classes (Flathead Beacon)
Escape the cold weather and connect with creativity at Camas Creek Yarn in downtown Kalispell. Each Saturday, Camas Creek offers a free beginning knitting session from 10:30 a.m. to noon and nothing helps combat the winter blues quite like combining creativity with a myriad rainbow of color choices.

Library to offer free knitting program (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
The Iowa City Public Library will sponsor a free knitting program for children in fourth through sixth grades from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Children's Room.

Romance, and Slow Recovery, in a Quake-Devastated Chinese County (New York Times)
More than seven months after an earthquake ravaged southwestern China, new couples are one sign that, psychologically at least, there have been the beginnings of a recovery.

Why Clothes Shrink (NPR)
Your mother spent weeks knitting that new Christmas sweater, only for you to throw it into the wash and ruin it. What is it that turns your new duds into shrunken chic?

Knitters unite to make mittens for Rochester children (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
The Knitting Guild of Rochester and Maplewood and Lyell branch libraries meet inner-city need for warmth.

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