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Here’s a quote from the introduction to The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting and Crocheting: Like many crafts, [knitting and crocheting] grew out of necessity: People needed a way to take simple tools and supplies and craft them into usable items. Today, base survival barely figures into knitting and crocheting. Your family members aren’t dependent [...]

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My grandmother taught me how to knit when I was a child, say, probably six. The first pattern she taught me was for a cotton dishcloth. As a result, my mom gets a kick out of telling the story about how I stood up in show-and-tell in school and announced proudly, “My gramma makes rags!” [...]

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