McKnittey Musings
Hollywood Knitting - Patty Duke
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She was the youngest recipient of the Academy Award in a competitive category when she won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1962 for her role as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker."
Hollywood Knitting - Sylvia Sidney
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Hollywood Knitting - Clara Bow
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Bow was born in Brooklyn in 1905. She was naturally a redhead but darkened the strawberry blonde color with henna so it would appear darker on screen. She was noted for introducing the flapper to popular culture. She had a reputation for outrageous behavior much of which was debunked. She was once blackmailed by a tabloid publisher who was convicted and spent 8 years in prison.
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Hollywood Knitting - Bohus
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While the initial designs were simple, this homegrown knitting movement eventually developed into a couture knitting collective where members would produce incredibly complex colorwork designs on impossibly tiny needles. One of the hallmarks of Bohus Stickning (or Bohus Knitting) is the use of purl stitches alongside knit stitches in the colorwork bands to add texture as well as color.
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Hollywood Knitting - Joan Crawford
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Joan Crawford was born sometime between 1904 and 1908 (a 1910 census reports she was 5 while she claimed to have been 2) in San Antonio, Texas. Her birth name was Lucille Fay LeSueur but MGM changed it because it sounded made up.