Go to Source   Water Ventures Mobile Lab   Jean Taber asks Bright Lights, “Would you be willing to help us spread the word about the upcoming visit of the Water Ventures Mobile Lab at the Environmental Learning Center?” Yes, Jean, we can!   It’s a traveling science center made of a 53-foot semi-trailer that’s […]

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Go to Source   WARRNAMBOOL’S Spotlight store is planning a purl-er of a party today. Lyn Powell, from Warrnambool’s Spotlight store, gets a head start on a trauma teddy in readiness for today’s annual knitting party in the store.   Knitting needles will be click-clacking as the store holds its annual knitting party, which will […]

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Go to Source Back in 2006, when Kristin Roof started Stargazinglily, she was hoping to make some extra money for her family.   Eight years later, she beat the odds of success, even though half of small businesses fail each year. Also, she would now be providing full-time employment for herself, her husband and partner, […]

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Go to Source   SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An expanded Hanover Square historic district in downtown Syracuse is one of 28 sites across New York announced today as nominations for the State and National Registers of Historic Places.   The other Syracuse site nominated was the former West Brothers Knitting Company building, at 700-710 Emerson Ave. […]

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Go to Source I went to the second hour of Knitting in Public Day at the Long Hill Twp. library yesterday. I was only there about an hour…well, maybe 75 minutes, because we hung around and talked a bit before driving home. After Erin and Arlene greeted me and everybody else said hello, I told […]

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Go to Source   My pile of purple is growing.   So far I’ve got 14 tiny purple infant caps made for Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel‘s Click for Babies PURPLE crying hat drive, and I’ve got a 15th on my needles. I bring my knitting/crocheting absolutely everywhere, and when someone notices what I’m […]

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Go to Source By SAM PAINE   Local knitters gathered at Mudgee Library on Tuesday for World Wide Knit in Public Week, to keep the craft alive and in the public eye.   “We don’t want knitting to be lost as an art form,” said Robyn Northam.   She said local knitters were happy to introduce […]

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Go to Source Ed Langlois Of the Catholic Sentinel   A Mount Angel man died recently of pancreatic cancer. The manly fellow — retired military — in his last days told Benedictine Father Philip Waibel that one of the things getting him through the suffering was a blanket.   It was a soft prayer shawl that had […]

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Go to Source Every Wednesday a group of knitters gets together at Gonville Library to work, chat and have a lot of fun while doing good. Paul Brooks finds out more.   The group shares a morning tea, has coffee prepared by barista Kiri Wilson, and adds to the pile of knitted goodies members have […]

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Go to Source   Matthew Williamson’s mum’s knitting a baby range for the fashion brand to be sold in his stores.   Could this be any cuter?   Inspired by Williamson’s first-ever show, Electric Angels, his mum Maureen has started knitting adorable brightly coloured cashmere hats and booties for all those stylish newborns out there. […]

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