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Knitting News Archive19-May-2008Students make blankets for adopted animals (Bridgeton News) NEWFIELD -- Animals at the Cumberland County SPCA shelter may not be adopted yet, but when they are, they'll go home with a hand-knitted blanket, thanks to students at Edgarton Elementary School. 'Doctor' patterns will avoid legal action (Moldova.org) A series of Knitting patterns apparently modeled after creatures on the BBC series Doctor Who will not prompt legal action, the British broadcaster says.While BBC executives initially threatened to sue the 26-year-old woman behind the Knitting patterns to stop her from dispersing her creations, they have now asked her to consider a sanctioned product line, The Daily Telegraph reported ... Hans Blix Tour Return @ The Knitting Factory (All About Jazz) Hans Blix, a trio of improvised alchemy, will be wrapping up their tour of California by a return to NY at the Knitting Factory on May 30th at 9pm. The trio creates complete songs from seemingly thin air, developing themes, crafting melodies, and surprising the listener at every turn. Paperback Trade Fiction (New York Times) 1. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs 2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen 3. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini 4. THE MEMORY KEEPER?S DAUGHTER, by Kim Edwards 5. NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult Book Review: One Ball Knits: Accessories by Fatema, Khadija, and Hajera Habibur-Rahman (Blogcritics.org) A great book for knitters, especially for beginners. Single-skein and "stash busting" projects are quickly becoming a large sub-genre in the realm of Knitting books - and with good reason. Every knitter has a stray skein of yarn, leftover from a sweater or a remainder from the 50% off bin. What's even more frustrating is when you only have 50 yards or so left - not enough for any traditional... ...
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