Make your presents felt: Spend time if you can't spend money Dec 4, 2008
It's sew easy - For the price of a pair of knitting needles and yarn, you can create scarves, hats, quilts and baby booties. If you have a sewing machine, buy a few simple patterns and design your own dresses, bibs and purses. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Weekend Calendar Sep 4, 2008
Tickets ($25 donation) are available at Harbor Books, Main St., Old Saybrook; Hair Reflections, Route 1, Westbrook; Nautical Needles on the Green, Westbrook, St. Mark Rectory, 222 Mc Veagh Road, Westbrook, or by calling (860) 395-2015 ... CROMWELL - The Adult Knit Club Meets in the Cromwell Belden Public Library Arch Room Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. People bring whatever is on their needles to work on and a completed project to share. (Middletown Press, CT)
Memories of Mom and the button cup May 8, 2008
The top flips up to reveal a quilted interior for pins and needles, and it's still proudly boasting its 1970s J.C. Penney label. My favorite afternoons after school were spent in the kitchen amid smells of something delicious baking, while playing with Mom's sewing basket. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stitching together a career Jul 16, 2007
Black stocked the shop with all the specialty yarns, knitting needles, floss and other needlework accouterments that she looks for when working on projects ... About the business: Owner Tammy Black carries exotic wood needles from Lantern Moon and other manufacturers, scissors from Germany and France and Italy, overdyed wools, more than 200 colors of wools and yarns, Japanese and French silk threads, more than 2,000 colors of sampler threads, a large selection of sampler charts, punchneedle... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: May 8, 2007
Also, knitters are invited to bring a chair, a ball of lightweight red yarn and their needles to knit a scarf for the San Diego Heart Scarves project. Baskets of lavender products will be raffled with all proceeds going to the San Diego chapter of WomenHeart. (North County Times)
North San Diego County Times Community News Briefs: Anger seminar for women slated Feb 27, 2007
Students will learn how to weave baskets using pine needles and a unique stone for a center. The technique can later be used to weave a variety of plants such as rosemary, lavender and jacaranda. (North County Times)
