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Knitting News Archive30-Nov-2008Knitting: not just your grandma's pastime (Student Life) Before the beginning of my American Politics lecture last semester, I scanned the room. The mauve knit hat several rows ahead of me caught my eye. Hands clutching bamboo needles clacked away, and beneath them fuzzy navy yarn was splayed across the tiny desk and into a girl's lap. Thomas Township woman producing socks on old-fashioned circular knitting machine (The Saginaw News) David A. Sommers | The Saginaw NewsLana M. Wenzel, 60, of Thomas Township knits a sock on an antique Knitting machine. They will be on sale at the Hollyday Fair at the Anderson Enrichment Center. How could her parents have... Knitting for the Needy (EdmontonSun.com) The nights got very cold and lonely at Ronald McDonald House where Ashley Ketelaars stayed when she was battling anorexia. That's when she would wrap herself in a fuzzy, pink afghan adorned with little lambs, a gift knitted by kind seniors who wanted to give something back to the less fortunate. Prolific Alliance knitter recognized by president (Scottsbluff Star-Herald) ALLIANCE ? ?I love to sit at home, knit, crochet and help people,? said Edith Weed, 79, of Alliance. Weed enrolled as a Retired and Senior Volunteer Program member in March 1995, and to date, she has recorded 5,861 hours of knitting and crocheting. New Poetry Society director lays out plans to grab public's attention (Guardian Unlimited) Judith Palmer explains why knitting and the Olympics can raise poetry's profile The market for knitting supplies ?has never been better,? says Terry Peterson, manager of Joseph's Coat in Missoula. ... (Missoulian) The market for knitting supplies ?has never been better,? says Terry Peterson, manager of Joseph's Coat in Missoula. ?I'm selling a lot of organic yarn, yarn from Montana, as well as bison wool yarn.? Honoring a Couple Who 'Walked the Walk' (Washington Post) Michael and Virginia Spevak's grown children found the note tucked away in a small safe in the home where the couple was slain. Virginia Spevak typed and left it for them more than 15 years ago, as a final message of reflection: AREA KNITTING GROUPS (MyCentralJersey.com) A sampling of Central Jersey knitting groups is listed below: Nasheet Waitss band Abraham Burton, Eric McPherson and Mr. Waits performed on a bill with Jagged Sky. (All About Jazz) It felt just a bit like old times at the Tap Bar in the Knitting Factory on Tuesday night. The crowd was robust and youngish, half noisy, half rapt, enthusiastic. The music was willfully dynamic, high impact and given to steep crescendos.
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