He was courting a woman so obsessed with knitting that she had no time for romance.
Bingo is the latest old-school pastime enjoying a resurgence among young people, along with knitting, bowling and euchre.
Inside the hangarlike, cinder-block space, folding tables are piled with mountains of yarn, looming gear and books with titles like Knitting with Dog Hair.
Black says technology is catching up with hand knitting, and machines can create items that do not have any seams.
Ullman has just co-written a book about knitting with Los Angeles yarn-store owner Mel Clark.
Kendall Crolius, co-author of the "Knitting With Dog Hair" book, supports the effort to take the stuff mainstream, though she is quick to say that she can't picture "a huge industrial dog-spinning factory" popping up any time soon.
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Thus, learning a new design language, Willis worked his spell, knitting everything together with confidence, subtlety and gaiety.
Events include a "flash knit mob" picnic at Stratford Park Leisure Centre, with yarn bombing and other knitting activities for both the experienced and total beginner.
Emily calls the shores of Lake Michigan home and loves curling up with a book (or knitting) and a mug of tea on a blustery day.
He started Baker Hosiery with nothing but a beat-up old knitting machine and some yarn.
The idea is that by knitting together far-flung operations with only small adjustments for local tastes, the same cars could be sold in America, Asia and Europe.
Richard Lehmann , editor of Income Securities Investor (published with Forbes), prefers to stick to his bond knitting and eschew predictions of stock performance.
In preparation for The Knitting Circle, cast and crew were teamed up with surviving patients and staff.
But it does, and these money transfers are the essence of what makes Britain's common currency a success in knitting together a collection of regions and historically separate countries with different languages, cultures and economic profiles.
Personal Time: Some people like to be really productive with their personal time, volunteering in the community, writing books, knitting clothes, or taking classes.
On the one hand, Intel is taking more knitting in, but could still be viewed as a competitor with its own interest in penetrating the high-mobility market with its low-power Atom chips.
There's a metal tube in the middle with dozens of needles that act like robotic claws, grabbing pieces of thread and knitting them.
Once a work is mapped out, she works with her team of knitters on looms that can churn out about 5 feet of knitting per hour.
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At 19, Andrew started working at a knitting mill his father owned on Long Island, learning how fabrics are made and playing golf with the customers.
"Some of them couldn't even walk properly and if they did something in their free time they would be knitting or sewing and sitting all the time...here they run, shout, fight with you...it keeps them young, " she said.
It swarmed with lounging waiters, officious policemen, dog-walkers pulled to right and left of the path, old ladies knitting.
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