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Chicago Sun-Times Knitting for Teens: Knitting instruction will be provided for all experience levels Sept. 3 at 3:40 pm Registration requested. iPhone/iPad Revolution: Interactive demonstration by tech specialist Jack Waddick showing how the iPhone and iPad are … |
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The joy of socks
Stuff.co.nz The art of knitting your first pair of socks – and it is, apparently, an art – is something akin to a knitter's rite of passage. Socks are regarded with a certain reverence within the knitting community. They subtly indicate that you know what you're … |
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Knitting and Beading For the Fun of It
Patch.com Knitting, crocheting, and other fiber arts are now something that people do for fun and not necessity and sometimes even for socialization purposes. For those moms who want to learn a new hobby, or those of you who are already members of their … |
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Books by the Bay: 'Music for the City' impressively documents 100 years of San …
San Jose Mercury News "A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss and Laughter" by Rachael Herron (Chronicle Books, $14.95, 144 pages). The recent knitting craze is nothing new to Herron, an Oakland writer who made her first sweater at age 11. … |
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New obsession found at the end of knitting needles
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (blog) Most recently, I started a shrug pattern sometime last year but I put it away after knitting all the pieces because I was intimidated about putting them together. Well, my Math4Knitters pal Lara helped me out and I got the pieces put together and … |
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Knitting class is a loopy lark
Fredericksburg.com Greta Lambert gripped a long knitting needle in her tiny right hand, keeping it parallel to the floor. Then the 8-year-old looped a long strand of butter-colored yarn over the top, gathered the loose ends with her left hand and set about … |
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The entrepreneurs of Community Cloth are knitting a better future
CultureMap Houston Entrepreneurship in Houston takes all on sorts of dimensions. At The Community Cloth, a nonprofit micro-enterprise program, refugees from Burma, Sudan, Iraq and other countries strive to become self-supporting by making and selling … |
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E-newsletters offer a wealth of free info, patterns
Bangor Daily News Here a few I subscribe to: • Knitting Daily, http://knittingdaily.com, provides so much information about how to improve one's knitting techniques, it's like getting a free knitting lesson every day. The website also has a wealth of free knitting and … |
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Eco friendly yarns for love wool week
Southport Visiter IT'S that time of the year again to get the knitting needles out and create your own masterpiece. The Campaign for Wool was started in October 2008 by the Prince of Wales. Sheep numbers were declining from Britain to Australia, and farmers were losing … |
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Knitting class is a loopy lark
The Free Lance-Star Greta Lambert gripped a long knitting needle in her tiny right hand, keeping it parallel to the floor. Then the 8-year-old looped a long strand of butter-colored yarn over the top, gathered the loose ends with her left hand and set about … |
