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Knitting News Archive02-May-2008Knitting, crocheting and needlepoint classes (Paragould Daily Press) Copyright © 2008 Paragould Daily Press - www.paragoulddailypress.com. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. Terms of Use Knitting Group (Westerly Sun) Your world is just a click away! Select a new calendar to jump to. Search for an Event. Die-hard knitters prepare for sock battle (Reuters via Yahoo! News) There may be nothing scary about socks, but a cut-throat competition involving hundreds of furiously fast knitters with pointy needles is enough to send even accomplished enthusiasts' pulse racing. All-girl getaways 'here to stay' (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news) Girlfriends' getaways _ where women travel with other women and leave the menfolk at home _ are booming. And the phenomenon is not just about bachelorette parties or 20-somethings on spring break. Women are taking knitting trips, adventure trips and spa trips. Art spaces offer vague mission but unique experiences (Portland Tribune) ?Thirty hours of natural labor,? the bartender tells her friend, ?I was doing yoga and knitting the whole time.? It?s a Friday night in mid-April, I?m waiting to order a beer at Worksound, a new art space on a Southeast Portland side street near Grand Central ... The iPhone: Apple's Magic Wand (Forbes) As Apple's competitors target the iPhone, Steve Jobs & Co. may have a much grander vision in mind. Yarndogs in Los Gatos gives locals an 'in' to one of America's fastest growing hobbies (San Jose Mercury News) Casting on to the knitting community in Los Gatos is easy: Whether you've mastered knitting in the round or can't identify a crochet hook from something in your silverware drawer, just head to Yarndogs, and owner Deborah Panighetti will do the rest. They're making their point, knitting with a political spin (Philly.com) Politics may make strange bedfellows, but it makes even weirder Knitting clubs. Across cyber-America, "crafters" by the thousands have picked up their needles and hooks and cast on with the presidential candidates.
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