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Knitting News Archive13-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, ... Sandwich Generation: Art helps elderly mind, body (The Sacramento Bee) Recently I attended a seminar given by an art therapist. Shortly after that, I read a story about an active and respected man who experienced a rapid decrease of physical and cognitive abilities and an increase in negative behavioral changes. Having worked in his family's sawmill, the man had a deep (previously unknown) love of nature. Given an artist's paintbrush, the man started painting ... Tributes for Jan. 13 (Greeley Tribune) Dec. 14, 1916-Jan. 11, 2009 Inland woman starts Daughters of Norway lodge (The Press-Enterprise) Berit Funnemark, a native of Oslo, Norway, is working to promote Norwegian culture, history, language and education by starting a Daughters of Norway lodge. 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. Jennifer Openshaw: Four ways to prosper even as you hunker down at home this winter (Market Watch) Look out the window at the brutal winter weather in some parts of the country and you might decide never to leave your house again. Can you turn winter blues into a comfy but also financially rewarding nesting opportunity? You bet. On the Block (The Block Island Times) Island Free Library happenings January is Amnesty month, where you can return any overdue book, DVD, etc. and have your late fees waived, with the donation of a non-perishable food item. The Knitting Group will resume Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Also, starting January 16, on Fridays, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. there will be a Children?s Knitting Group; needles size 8 or 10 short, some ... Four Ways To Prosper Even As You Hunker Down At Home This Winter (Fox News) Four Ways To Prosper Even As You Hunker Down At Home This Winter Megafun performed the first set on the main stage on the final night of the Knitting Factory in Manhattan. (All About Jazz) The Knitting Factory has been celebrating noise and eclecticism since it opened on East Houston Street in 1987, and in its earlier days the club gained a wide reputation as a defining stage of downtown music, that clamorous and unclassifiable New York amalgam of jazz, punk, art-rock and experimental new music.
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