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Knitting Coven: a group of severely addicted knitters that must meet weekly or scurvy sets in. Knitting Circle: a group of mildly addicted knitters that can meet as infrequently as semi-monthly, and occasionally allow people who dabble in lesser crafts to join. Knit-wit: any acquaintance or friend that I have personally taught to knit and [...]

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This weekend several emergencies presented themselves almost all at once: a surprise valentine, an urgent need for a thank-you gift, and a broken arm, not necessarily in that order.  As ever, I turned to my knitting for consolation and illumination. On the morning of Feb 14th the thank-you gift I had started the previous evening [...]

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This is undoubtedly true for me, and I think every knitter I know.  Let’s examine the evidence supporting my latest theory: I am currently working on a bright green sweater (‘astro-turf’, says my husband)  for moi.  I have been hazed mercilessly with all of the obvious possible shamrock and St. Patty’s day heckles.  But this [...]

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She’s hideous.  Difficult to manage, always threatening to twist your stitches if you don’t handle her right, and arguably the most dreadful skill to teach.  Some just call her a bitch, but without purl, knitting would only ever have “wrong” sides. Purl is absolutely necessary to every knitter on the planet (except my dear friend [...]

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