McKnittey Musings

Knitting Fantasy and Fables

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Knitting Fantasy and Fables

More fun from Woolworks.org ... a list of fantasy and fairy tales featuring knitting:

Science fiction and fantasy

Friday, Robert Heinlein
A menacing knitter.

Drums of Autumn, Diana Gabaldon
Sock knitting in 1700's, including description of males learning as children.

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Knitting Fiction

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Knitting Fiction

General Fiction featuring knitting or yarn (according to Woolworks.org):

Art Work, A.S. Byatt
Knitting plays a major role.

At Home in Mitford (from the Mitford Years series), Jan Karon
The first in a series depicting everyday life in a small North Carolina town. Knitting is described at one point as a comfort to the so

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Knit Your Bit, Part II

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Knit Your Bit, Part II
What impresses me about Lucille is the number of careers she pursued. She worked in fashion modeling, dramatic theater, vaudeville, movies, radio, and television. She then moved into the studio and production side of television while still acting in Broadway and in movies.

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Knit Your Bit, Part 1

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Knit Your Bit, Part 1
I spent last weekend at the DFW Fiber Fest and had a great time. The Fiber Fest took scarf donations for veterans organized by the National World War II Museum. I love that the museum has knitting and crochet patterns for scarves as well as history behind knitting for soldiers.

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Miss Marple Knits

Posted by Kelli Ladwig on

Miss Marple Knits
I was digging around the web today and ran across a great resource, wool works.org. On this site, they had a list of books that mention knitting or have a character that knits. I wanted to share with you just the mystery section for that list.

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