"Stitch 'N Bitch"

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Learning a craft in one evening is a pleasant thing. Debbie Stoller's knitting fever is catching.

In the list of 'Famous knitters, real & fictional', I'm tickled to see Madame Defarge  from A Tale of Two Cities & Gromit of  Wallace and Gromit. The name 'Laurence Fishburne' raised an eyebrow. I also had to take a double take at a Red Cross poster, which reads 'Our Boys Need SOX'.

I remember my mom lusting after a set of stainless steel knitting needles. I don't know whether she knits in 'continental' or 'English' style, but I don't think she practises 'blocking' to set a finished knit piece.

So typical: It was also a leisure-hobby among Victorian ladies. In fact, knitting became so fashionable that new methods of holding the needles were introduced to make the craft appear more ladylike ot the casual observer. Today, many women still knit holding their needles like pencils as the Victorian ladies did, which is much slower than holding the needles under the palms of the hands, but apparently much more attractive to potential suitors.

Good trivia: Fingering, sport, worsted, chunky, extra-bulky are different yarn weights.

Not obvious: "Rebecca", "Rowan" are knitting magazines.