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Cable Gram Blog from April 2007

Read, Learn -- and Knit! The Advanced Beginner

Posted in News by Carrie Mercer on Apr 26th, 2007

MKG Cable Gram––Volume 23, Number 1

With the world of knitting books exploding, publishers (and writers) seem to reaching lately, making often desperate attempts to grab oversaturated readers’ attention. “Sex it up and it will sell” seems to be the idea behind many of these books. But do they deliver what they promise? No. And Yes. Sometimes even I can’t figure out what they’re promising.

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Driving Miss Diva

Posted in News by Rebecca Ganzel Thompson on Apr 26th, 2007

MKG Cable Gram—Volume 23, Number 1

The life of a librarian is popularly supposed to be reclusive and quiet, surrounded by peaceful things like books, ideas, and card-catalog data. To a knitters’ librarian’s existence is added the soft padding of yarn balls and the rhythmic clicking of needles—in short, Dullsville. So it may surprise you to learn that, in my office of Knitters’ Guild Librarian, I found myself one recent weekend under the bright lights of a live television studio with celebrities on every hand.

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Hello from the New President of the Northern Lights Affiliate!

Posted in News by Shannon Szymkowiak on Apr 26th, 2007

MKG Cable Gram––Volume 23, Number 1

As Alice Adams is out in sunny California nanny-ing her granddaughter, she has stepped down from leading the NLA this year. She has worked hard to get the Northern Lights Affiliate, the Duluth chapter of the Minnesota Knitters' Guild, up and running. We appreciate all of her hard work over the past few years. This may seem like a contradiction due to the handful an infant can be, but we hope she enjoys her well-deserved rest!

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Time for a 'Fiberlicious' Spring Break!

Posted in News by Wendy J. Johnson, MKG Member and Cable Gram Designer on Apr 19th, 2007

MKG Cable Gram - Volume 23, Number 1

Dreaming of warm tropical breezes? Look no further than your yarn basket.

How about yarn made from the leaves of the pineapple plant? Habu Textiles, everyone’s favorite stop on the Web for its unusual fibers, carries a yarn called “Fique” that is 100 percent pineapple fiber. The distinctive qualities of pineapple leaf fiber are its strength and lustrous sheen. Fique is said to work up like hemp, but it is softer on the hands. Suggested uses are placemats and other hard-use items. Habu also carries a lace-weight yarn that is a blend of pineapple fiber (60 percent) and ramie (40 percent). This blend works up into a lightweight fabric with a bit more drape than Fique. Check out these yarns at www.habutextiles.com.

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Guild Member is 'Viewers' Choice'

Posted in News by Kathy Erickson, MKG Librarian on Apr 9th, 2007

MKG member Shelley Monitor's "Counterpane Crib Blanket" has won the Viewers' Choice Award in a Textile Center show. Monitor's white knitted blanket is part of the "Traditions and Interpretations: Needle Art in the 21st Century" exhibit in the Joan Mondale Gallery. The show opened March 23 and will be up until April 28.

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