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Knitting News Archive31-Jan-2009Knitters create afghan every year to help charity (The News-Press) Barbara Perino doesn't have to spin a yarn to explain her love for Knitting. Temple Etz Chaim ladies knit, crochet for others in need (The Milford Daily News) At Temple Etz Chaim, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are for study. Fridays are for Shabbat. Saturdays belong to events like bar and bat mitzvahs. And every other Sunday is for stringing purls. And weaving yarns. And generally getting oneself into stitches. That is, if you are among the 17 women who gather at the Temple those Sundays, Knitting and crochet needles in hand, to weave ... At 85 they?re not too old to swim the Midmar Mile (The Natal Witness Group) Knitting, baking and a little bit of Scrabble on the side: 85-year-old Lorna Cochran does everything you might expect the average great-grandma to do. However, this grandma plans to take on this year?s Midmar Mile. Mii Mittens On a Baby Is So Adorable I Can Barely Stand It [Wii] (Gizmodo) I don't throw around the word "cute" all that often, but this, my friends, is the cutest damn thing I have seen in years. If you want to make your own Mii mittens (admit it, you love knitting), the... Hudson woman's crusade continues (Lowell Sun) HUDSON, N.H. -- The "K. Crusader," Donna Ohanian, plans to bring her knitting needles to the Hudson School Deliberative Session on Saturday -- as a weapon against boredom. Two petitioned School District warrant articles that Ohanian wrote, aiming to advance the cause of public kindergarten in Hudson -- counter to the unanimous resistance of the Knitting trend used to attract male teachers (The New Zealand Herald) Knitting has been revived by young Kiwi blokes. And a Bay of Plenty teachers college is hoping a billboard featuring a man knitting will attract male students and help fill the nationwide void of male teachers. Old broadside finds home in Columbia (Columbia Star) Sewing, knitting, collecting donations, organizing fairs - these are among the activities that many women, in both the North and South, undertook during the Civil War to fundraise for relief projects, materials, and money to supply troops. Legion helps supply ?knitting fingers? (The Wickenburg Sun) Many industrious women in the Wickenburg area have been busy knitting and crocheting hats to send to troops in Iraq, and with the American Legion?s help, they will continue to do so. Feeling the chill of advancing years (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) I wonder if a sign you are getting old is when people often help you shovel your driveway.
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