 Los Angeles Times |
One woman, 1000 origami cranes, countless memories
Los Angeles Times In the back, handmade sweaters hang on a clothing rack as examples for customers who come into the store to knit and talk. Most often, the knitting gives way to the talking. "We talk about our lives and about our husbands," says Jane Shintani, … |
 Wall Street Journal |
As Jobs Vanish, Sticking to Knitting
Wall Street Journal Avid knitter Shelby Stofle, gathering wool from sheep in Vacaville Calif., hopes to set up a business making scarves and selling them at craft fairs. The 24-year-old had hoped to work in environmental conservation or sustainable agriculture but struck … |
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Knitting kit wins Melbourne design award
Voxy Knit one, purl one has proved a winning formula for EIT graphic design lecturer Anthony Chiappin and Napier-based fashion and textile designer Nikki Gabriel. The husband and wife are business partners in Construction Knitting which recently scooped the … |
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Joe Strummer's daughter reveals passion for knitting – after dad made …
Scottish Daily Record I used to run club nights called Diva Cake, which were basically rock'n'roll tea dances complete with knitting circles and girls on rollerskates.” Jazz, who has a Yorkie-Poo – a cross between a Yorkshire terrier and toy poodle – called Punky, … |
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Knit wit: The £69-a-night hotel room where everything's woolly
Mumbai Mirror The telephone, lampshade, teapot and cup are covered in crochet, while there are prints of knitted artwork and the wallpaper is made from photographs of knitting. Only the bathroom has not been touched because of the risk of condensation. … |
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Knitters gather in support of Morristown Medical Center
MyCentralJersey.com They listened to writer Lisa Bogart, a knitter from Piedmont, Ca., who has just written the book, “Knit With Love, Stories to Warm a Knitters Heart,” munched on gormet goodies made by the Bernards Inn and got to work knitting baby booties and 9-inch … |
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Norwood handcrafters knit for cancer patients, soldiers, students
Wicked Local By Brad Cole Every Monday the Senior Center Handcrafters knit for charities. This group of approximately 30 women donated their creations all over: to the Norwood Hospital, to Veterans Agent Ted Mulvehill, to local schools and to the Dana Farber Cancer … |
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Knitting, crocheting for a host of good causes
Coon Rapids Herald by Peter Bodley Every Tuesday afternoon a group of some 50 women gather at Culvers of Coon Rapids to knit and crochet. A trio of Knit Wits members, left to right, Cathy Puleco, Blaine; Judy Chambs, Coon Rapids; and Marcie Titus, Coon Rapids, … |
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Lara's Libary: Hot Knits: 30 Cool, Fun Designs to Knit and Wear
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (blog) The charts in Hot Knits are epic in scale and clear to read. This one really needed a whole page and I'm glad the designers gave it one. This is a great way to create an index. The knitter can see, at a glance, where they might want to take a closer … |
 Yahoo! News Canada (blog) |
Atwood knits up extinct bird for UK exhibit
National Post (blog) She's arguably Canada's greatest writer, but novelist Margaret Atwood has taken an unexpected public foray into a new artistic genre — knitting — as her woollen representation of an extinct great auk is set to be one of the showcase … Atwood raises bird extinction awareness by knitting great aukMontreal Gazette Author Margaret Atwood knits a bird for British exhibition on extinct speciesYahoo! News Canada (blog) |
