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Knitting News Archive11-May-2008Wauconda church helps needy through knitting (Lake County Journals) WAUCONDA - Something as simple as Knitting can make a huge difference in someone?s life. Ladies put a creative spin on Friday nights out (The Star-Ledger) For six years, some thread and yarn are all that's been needed to keep these women together. Knitting for children around the world (The Truro Daily News) By Sherry Martell Truro Daily News Toney River ? Two years ago Vera Rohde picked up a crochet hook for the first time and taught herself the craft. Front (The Chapel Hill News) 'I sit around, listen to boks on tape and I knit and I tell people I?m working,' says Riva Econopouly. Staff Photo by Leslie Barbour Cooking show gave her the idea for a novel (The Charlotte Observer) Last year, Kate Jacobs' ?Friday Night Knitting Club,? became a debut best-seller. Now Jacobs is back with a second novel, ?Comfort Food? ($24.95, G.P. Putnam's Sons). She visits Charlotte next week, signing books at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 4345 Barclay Downs Drive, 7 p.m. May 19. In ?Comfort Food,? TV celebrity cooking-show host Augusta ?Gus? Simpson drafts her family to create a reality ... Megan Gale baby talk (Daily Telegraph) SHE'S been cooling her heels as Wonder Woman, so gossips south of the border had Megan Galen knitting booties for a bub she was apparently expecting. Knitting Books are an Art (BellaOnline) Are you a new knitter or a lapsed knitter, read a review of books about knitting that will get you excited about knitting. Let's hear from you: We're playing the fame game (The Daily News) So, you once dated Michelle Obama. Or, you used to be in a knitting club with Hulk Hogan. Paperback Trade Fiction (New York Times) 1. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs 2. NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult 3. THE MEMORY KEEPER?S DAUGHTER, by Kim Edwards 4. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini 5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen Learn-a-Palooza: Be Smarter for Free! (Washington Post) We know that Washingtonians can car-share, so why, in this town full of brainiacs, can't we also knowledge-share? Why can't a know-it-all in the field of Knitting, pool-sharking or Farsi teach a class, impart some knowledge and make the world a smidge smarter?
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