Dorchester knitter in yarn appeal
Dorset Echo
By Harry Hogger » A PUBLIC-SPIRITED knitter is hoping for some birthday help to keep up her generous habit. Dorchester resident Jean Wilson celebrates her 70th birthday today and has been knitting for good causes for many years.

Headbands knit woman's passion and pastime
Journal Times
Carol Forbes of Racine, Wis. uses a Brother Electroknit to create a variety of knitting projects, most recently to create headbands with slogans such as "Vote Lehman" and "Recall Walker." Photographed Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Forbes' basement …

Art project creates giant knitted walk-through aquarium
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
By Martin Newman on Feb 4, 12 09:04 AM in Art Knitting, embroidery and sewing is the most fascinating break-out movement in art at the moment. If large objects aren't getting 'yarn bombed' in New York or London by the likes of crochet artist Olek, …

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Idle Hands: The journey of kitting more fun than the product
Enterprise-Record
By MARY McCART Slip one, knit two together, pass slip stitch over. I can't remember a time when that didn't make sense to me. The hobby of knitting has been a part of my life for a long time. I learned how to knit from my mother.

Knitting a Place Into the Super Bowl
WNYC (blog)
She sent two scarves: a knit one (knit three, pearl three pattern) and a crocheted one (waffle stich). She liked the idea of having volunteers be able to “take home a scarf — a momento of the Super Bowl.” Trombley took five months to make a striped …
Super Scarf effort took off, to the tune of more than 13000 neck warmers for …Indianapolis Star

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Colours inspire a knitting workshop
This is Kent
KNIT one, purl one at Turner Contemporary's craft club tomorrow when there is a knitting workshop inspired by the colours in Turner's paintings. Pick up the knack if you are a complete beginner or share tips if you're an expert.

More than 100 handmade scarves donated to Special Olympics
Penn State Delaware County
Again this year, campus and community members came together with knitting needles and crochet hooks to make scarves for Pennsylvania athletes competing in the 2012 Special Olympics USA. Last year, with the help of volunteers, they sent 83 scarves to be …

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Butchers Swaps Cleaver For Knitting Needles For Brentford Charity
Hounslow Chronicle Brentford
A FORMER butcher has swapped his meat cleaver for knitting needles to raise money for charity. Ray Woodhouse, 54, creates mini bobble hats in football colours to raise money for Age Uk in Albany Road, Brentford, a charity for older people.

Woolly Hat Week Inspires Knitting Frenzy
MarineLink
Sailors are renowned for spinning a good yarn, however on this occasion it is a volunteer at the land-locked Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society who has been getting busy with her knitting needles to make hats for mariners as part of Woolly Hat Week (6-13 …

Knitting to help needy youngsters
Banbury Guardian
Staff at Cheney Care Home in Middleton Cheney are encouraging residents to knit blankets and other items such as scarfs and socks to send to orphanages in Romania, Hungary and Russia. Kay Stevens has worked at the home for 18 months, …