Knitting in the News

$1000 Sweaters? $500 Socks?

Boston Globe article about a creative camp for adults on Cape Cod

Knit yourself a time machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me4LUVvBA-E&feature=related

Lace beret

Lace beret

An article on knitting re-usable shopping bags. It’s a bit tricky to click through to the pattern. Email buknits if you would like to have the pattern as a pdf:http://www.care2.com/greenliving/ditch-the-plastic-bags-diy-knitted-shopping-bag.html#

On the popularity of knitting groups (like we need an article to tell us about that!): Knitting groups foster camaraderie and creativity – The Boston Globe

On needlecrafts and trucking: Truckers Pick Up Quilting and Knitting – WSJ.com

Link to a Belgian natural gas commercial that makes ingenious use of knitting (scroll to the middle of the page to view the videos: http://beebonnet.typepad.com/beebonnet_report/2010/03/irresisitable.html

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