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There's a lot of knitting news this week having to do with really big knitting gestures. Some of them are obviously useful, like the 4,000 hats knit in Switzerland, Germany and Austria that are going to help keep children warm in Guatemala.
Less obviously useful is the 6-foot by 6-foot house being knit by a group in Hilmarton, England, but that work of art is to be the highlight of a festival this summer that will benefit a local church. The brink house will feature a garden fence, chicken and eggs and window boxes on the house.
Then there's the pure whimsy -- and mystery -- of the knit trees and sign posts in West Cape May, New Jersey, which have set the shore town abuzz and have authorities asking the "culprits" to reveal themselves, though there's no word that knit graffiti is a crime.
And the Welsh knitter who's whipped up a blanket for a mountain. Ann Jordan of Killay says she's spent 1,500 hours and 12 miles of yarn knitting a 20 foot blanket that will cover a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park on Mother's Day (that's this weekend in the UK). The blanket will be carried to Black Mountain along an old coffin route, and Jordan says the project represents the cycle of birth, death and rebirth as well as the artist's relationship with the landscape.
Finally, there's the story of Pat the Super Knitter and Bob, the man who puts up with all her yarn and has learned not to bother her when she's counting. He recently wrote a piece in the Arizona Daily Star about living with the stash, witnessing speedy knitting and the perils of buying more on eBay than you're able to sell. If all our partners could be so tolerant of our habits, the world would be a better place!
Knitting in the News: Big Knitting originally appeared on About.com Knitting on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 16:45:49.
One of the easiest ways to add crochet to a knitting project is adding it as a border, as is done on this Seed Stitch Washcloth with Crochet Trim.
This is a cute little project that's super fast. The Seed Stitch cloth is really easy to knit, and it sort of reminiscent of crochet. A contrast-colored crocheted border is added, using single crochet and double crochet stitches. Believe me, if can do it, you can, too.Cleaning Up with Crochet originally appeared on About.com Knitting on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 15:20:29.
Want to Learn to Crochet? originally appeared on About.com Knitting on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 10:47:21.
Do You Crochet? originally appeared on About.com Knitting on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 10:24:27.
Crochet for Knitters originally appeared on About.com Knitting on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 11:39:49.
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