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Knitting News Archive12-Jan-2009Book Review: Knitting For Good! A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch by Betsy ... (Blogcritics.org) A guide to creating personal, social, and political change, stitch by stitch. Betsy Greer believes that positive change can take place via the smallest gesture ? including crafting. She has written Knitting for Good! to be ?a guide to creating personal, social, and political change, stitch by stitch.? Her book is divided into three sections: Knitting for yourself, Knitting for your community, ... CENTRAL PA NEWS (The Patriot-News) As draft horses thundered around the Large Arena during hitched horse competitions on Sunday, Beth Hinkle of Enola sat in the stands Knitting an olive green dishcloth. It's all in the way you spin it (The Danville Commercial-News) Bernice Winstead of Danville has enjoyed spinning, weaving, knitting and other early American crafts as hobbies for at least 40 years. Acts Onstage (and on the Market) at Three Clubs (New York Times) The Winter Jazzfest is a gluttonous feast: just under two dozen acts appeared in this year?s edition. You?ve got to have friends (Richmond Times-Dispatch) FICTION Like television shows, books about friends getting together are always popular. This explains why Kate Jacobs? ?The Friday Night Knitting Club? was a best-seller?and why fans will welcome ?Knit Two,? the sequel. Their popularity is probably a legacy of childhood when we consumed books about friends who solved mysteries and fought crime, and a good writer can make much of a genre that ... Allentown twins' fight against rare vascular disorder is a good yarn (The Morning Call) Sisters use knitting club as way to raise funds for research It's hard to imagine how Bethann Hankin's worst experience -- the night her child nearly died -- could have been a blessing in disguise. Living with Less: Getting creative during a recession (The State) The recession may be unraveling the economy, but many people are cutting, gluing and knitting their way through the rough times. While retail numbers in December fell to their lowest point since the 1970s, some local craft store owners said their business is holding steady. Lara Winburn, owner of In The Loop, a Devine Street knitting store, is hesitant to say she?s seen an increase in her ... 4th-graders learning to knit (The Republican) SPRINGFIELD - Knitting has clearly become the thing to do at Glenwood Elementary School. It is, at least, for a group of 15 to 20 fourth-graders under the tutelage of librarian Diane N. Houle. Knitting for special competitors (Plano Courier) Beginning in November, staff members from Wyatt Elementary have worked to knit scarves for the athletes participating in the 2009 Special Olympics world winter games. Stitch & Bitch: 194 Londoners Get Their New Year Knit On (Londonist) Stitch and Bitch London have been meeting and teaching Knitting for free every single week since January 2005. They?re used to getting a few odd looks and a bit of pointing, they?re used to the ?Can you knit me a scarf/hat/jumper?? hilarious requests and the references to people?s grannies or crazy old aunts who smell like cats. They take it all with a woolly smile, however, and get on with ...
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