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Knit hits mainstream magazines

Not only does knitting seem to be being featured in craft magazines, its even got as far as ordinary women's magazines.

I've been reading SHE on and off for many years, and for the first time ever they have had an article with some knitting patterns. They're not complicated, eg knit some squares and sew them together to make a throw, and also a scarf and a hot water bottle cover pattern.

(I'd noticed it on the newsagent shelf because it had an article about astronomy, and a chart showing the constellations in the sky.)

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Penny Gaines
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 22:16:45 +0000 (UTC), Penny Gaines spewed forth :

Must not be an American mag - they wouldn't dream of putting any actual science in a women's magazine, for the obvious stereotypical reasons :D

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Wooly

I was in Ann Arbor Michigan for several years and went to a great little yarn shop, there. (actually in Ypsilanti. Can anyone say that?) She said that knitting and crocheting had gotten so popular that some of the manufacturers could not keep up with the demand for knitting needles, etc. She also said that every time she offered crocheting classes, that they filled up quickly. It seems that all the "old" handcrafts are making comebacks - I think it's great!

Susan K

Reply to
Soozergirl

Yepper, I can say it.... Ip sil an tee! ;o)

Gem

Reply to
MRH

Susan!

I'm a 2003 Grad of Eastern. :) I lived in a house next to the Domino's by The Watertower. (check this out:

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liked Flying Sheep Yarns down by the bowling alley on SouthIndustrial. I still go there when I visit my best friend and brotherand SIL (they're all still in Ypsi).

-Amanda

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Amanda Tikkanen

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I learned to knit and crochet as a child - my Norwegian mother ran a yarn shop in our house. This year, the Library in our town has started knitting classes for children. What goes around, comes around.:)

Reply to
Joan

That's pretty neat, Joan! I think a lot more people would know how to do yarn crafts if they learned as children. :o)

Gemini

Reply to
MRH

I was pretty surprised as well: we don't often get real science either. What little we do get tends to be restricted to diet/nutrition related.

Reply to
Penny Gaines

Hi,

I've seen articles in our local papers that the college kids are having knitting and crocheting parties on campus which is really great. It's nice to know that it's not a dying art.

Hugs,

Nora

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norabalcer

Yeah, that's pretty neat, Nora! Kind of like in the 70's I guess, when it was the in thing to be able to crochet... like on that "groovy" website. ;o)

Gem

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MRH

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