This Page © 2004 Connelly Communications, LLC, PO Box 592 Hampton, NH 03843- Contributed items and logos are © and ™ their respective owners Unauthorized reproduction 14 of this page or its contents for republication in whole or in part is strictly prohibited • For permission, call (603) 926-4557 • AN-Mark 9A-EVEN- Rev 12-16-2004 PAGE 14A | ATLANTIC NEWS | FEBRUARY 10, 2006 | VOL 31, NO 5 ATLANTICNEWS.COM . SCHOOL NEWS Knitting Acronyms Knit Happens from the Knitlist BY JULIA BERNER-TOBIN and old women. It is usually fun belts. CELEBRITIES & OTHER BY JEFF CARDONI TALON REPORTER thought of as a boring and One of the main reasons DS or DD: Darling son or darling daughter, as in, YOUNG KNITTERS SPECIAL TO 16 VOICES somewhat nerdy pastime. for this trend of knitting “Tonight, after Bingo, I’ve got to get working on that EXETER | “Once you All this has begun to change. among the young is the two- Another factor behind the UFO for my DD.” start, you can’t put it down,” book series “Stitch and knitting craze is the number WIP: Work in Progress. HE ISE OF said senior Madori Nelson T R Bitch.” These books have of celebrities obsessed with KIP: Knitting in Public. on her uncommon hobby — ‘STITCH AND BITCH’ patterns for everything from needles and yarn. Julia MIL or FIL or DIL or SIL: Mother-in-law, Father-in- devil hats to mini skirts to Roberts, Sandra Bullock, knitting. As teens and young law Daughter-in- law, Son-in-Law, as in, “On the bus this pippi knee stockings. Uma Thurman, Cameron Madori isn’t the only teen adults have hit the knitting morning, I caught my MIL KIPing on her latest WIP. Fa In addition to patterns, Diaz, Sarah Jessica Parker, at Exeter High School who scene, they have brought a shizzle!” “Stitch and Bitch” includes Hilary Swank and even Rus- has joined in the recent knit- fun and funky side to the LYS: Local Yarn Store. all the basics on how to knit. sell Crowe all say knitting is ting craze. As in so many yarn world. While our The chapter “What a Girl one of their favorite hobbies. SEX: Stash enrichment expedition. It means going to a other high schools, knitting grandmothers are working Wants, What a Girl Needs” According to the Craft knitting store. Really. at EHS has become more and on that not-so-chic maroon gives a detailed and witty Yarn Council of America, a UFO: Unfinished object. more popular with teens. sweater, teens are knitting description of everything trade association represent- FO: Finished object. Knitting has always been things like ipod/ cell phone from yarn to needles to cro- ing yarn makers, “young DH or DW: Darling husband or darling wife, as in associated big bulky cases, tanning bikinis and sweaters, a warm fireplace, chet hooks. women ages 25-34 are the “Today, my DH took me to my favorite LYS for SEX!” “The Knitty-Gritty” gives secret spark that’s fueling Ew. instructions on learning to knitting and crochet yarn cast on (beginning a piece by sales across the country.” A Stitch and Bitch groups all was taught to knit by one of getting the yarn onto the nee- research study conducted by across the country, as well as her friends. “But most people dle in a series of knots), bind the Council in the fall of 2004 other young knitting groups. think it’s cool when I tell them I knit. They usually ask off (finishing the piece) and shows that since 2002, partic- KNITTING AT EHS knit (both purling and knit- ipation in knitting increased me to knit something for ting). more than 150 percent in the Junior Taylor Auty had them.” Once simple knitting is 25-34 age category and 100 her first experience with “It’s relaxing and good mastered, “Getting Knitty percent in the 18-and-under knitting in elementary for presents. It only costs like Cyan With It” is the next step for age group. school. three dollars if you buy the fancy things to do with nee- Teen groups are also “In third grade the teach- yarn at Wal-Mart,” said Magenta dles and yarn. For the showing up everywhere. All ers taught you how to knit. A Kelsey of her knitting, but inevitable problem of mak- across the country teens, few months ago I got upset she worries about what other ing and correcting mistakes, mostly girls, are meeting, when I tried to knit again but people might think about her there is the chapter “Oops! I usually in libraries, to knit couldn’t remember. I tried knitting. “I was embarrassed Yellow Knit it Again.” and chat about school, shop- the Internet and that didn’t to tell people I knit because ping, and boys. There are work, so Mrs. Head, the they might think I was like librarian, taught me.” an old person. They just Black Kelsey Leonard, a sopho- wouldn’t expect me to knit.” more, learned when she was Why knit if everyone only 10. She was taught by thinks it’s for old people? her mother. Well first of all it no longer is, “My first piece was a scarf and secondly it’s very relax- I guess,” she says, “but it was ing. Although Taylor has only like one inch long.” never officially finished a Most knitters, like Kelsey, piece, she still knits whenev- start small. Many EHS knit- er she gets the chance. ters say they were particular- “It really helps pass the ly knitty over the holidays, time during class,” said Tay- when teens are usually run- lor. “I knit on the bus in the ning a little low in the money afternoons, too.” department. Knitting can be Taylor used to knit wait- a great way to give presents ing for the bus in the morn- without emptying the college ing, until she had a slight account. mishap with a knitting nee- Junior Bethany Brace knit dle. four or five of her presents “I was at the end of my for her friends. driveway on a really cold “I think there is definitely morning waiting for the bus still an old lady image about when my tongue got stuck to knitting,” said Bethany, who my needle.” The Others Just Don’t Cut It! 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