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Knitting News Archive20-Jan-2009Food banks to blood drives, volunteers step in (Rocky Mountain News) The idea, officially unveiled 14 years ago, was simple enough: honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy by inspiring everyday Americans to service. Book Review: The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques by Margaret Radcliffe and 200 Knitted Blocks by Jan ... (Blogcritics.org) A pair of books that deal with color technique and offer a wealth of stitch patterns. Today we are looking at a couple of Knitting books specifically devoted to color Knitting.First up is The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques by Margaret Radcliffe. This massive book contains everything you could ever need to know about color Knitting. The book opens with a chapter on color basics ? ... Essentials: Knitting (The Augusta Chronicle) When a teen hears the word "knitting," images coming to mind might be of grandmas sitting in a big circle making fuzzy hats as Christmas gifts. Knitting is not just for grandmas, though. Book Review: Beyond Wool: 25 Knitted Projects Using Natural Fibers by Candace Eisner Strick (Blogcritics.org) A lackluster collection of patterns, with some good information on fibers. Beyond Wool by Candace Eisner Strick collects 25 knitting patterns that utilize yarns other than the standard acrylic or wool. The chapters are divided by fiber: mohair, alpaca and llama, cashmere, silk, angora, qiviut, cotton, and linen and hemp. Each chapter opens with a detailed description of what each fiber is, how ... Taxpayers? cash for Public staff to knit (Express and Star) Staff at troubled West Bromwich arts centre The Public have taken up knitting ? at taxpayers? expense. Bosses say classes are a ?vital? part of activities and organised sessions so assistants can help at workshops. Today Councillor Mary Docker, Tory ? [visit site to read more] Are you one of 'The Rethinkers'? (The Times-News) The Times-News is searching for masters of reinvention. How far will you go to reuse a household item? Do you unwind old sweaters to salvage the yarn for knitting projects? Make crafts out of torn-up jeans? Jazz up plastic margarine containers for cute storage? Simon Carr: It's going to be a long, hard road to defend our liberties (Independent) We were sitting in the afterglow of a Saturday night dinner when the subject of liberty came up. British liberty and the liberties taken with it by government over the past decade. Our hostess was knitting. Her guest on the other side of the candlelight laid out the propositions that we (I say "we") take for granted. The hostess carried one and purled one and said, "I never much cared for civil ... Book Review: Pet Projects - The Animal Knits Bible by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne (Blogcritics.org) Over two dozen Knitting projects for cats, dogs, turtles, hamster, horse, bunny, even fish. Pet Projects by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne is a collection of over two dozen Knitting projects (and a couple sewing projects) for your favorite furry friend. I love the idea of this book, but I don?t think I would ever knit anything for my dogs. I love them like people love their children, but they ...
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