Japanese-born American Kyoko Mori produced Yarn (2009), a volume that presented her essays on life and knitting and was unique among recent nonfiction.
Jets Coach Al Groh's moods unspooled like a skein of yarn last week, sarcasm over his team's fate giving way to a reminiscence of how he first envisioned the Jets before the start of the season, tinged with only the slightest bit of melancholy.
As Calaveras County marks the 150th anniversary of his jumping frog yarn, today's Great Read sheds new light on what Twain said was his "call to literature, of a low order -- i.e., humorous".
Born out of the artist's philosophy that anything can be produced from yarn, earlier this year The New York Times reported on the global DIY movement of "yarn bombing" where statues, lampposts and trees are fitted with knitted or crocheted clothes, cozies and more.
Investigations of B. anthracis contaminated saddle pads (1974), Haitian handicrafts (1974), and imported yarn (1976) led to Consumer Product Safety Commission recommendations for destroying those products (7, 39, 45).
Spinning Yarns Tomorrow families will be able to see some very unusual cartoons: they were made in the 17th century.
I leave you to work out the productivity improvement.A.R. TURNEREdmonton, CanadaAfrica's big catwalkSIR After spending a considerable amount of time in Kenya, I can attest that the second-hand market is alive and well there, notwithstanding the fire in Gikomba market ("Trading yarns", September 30th).
But in looking over Mr. O'Briens latest batch of of yarns (1939) bests, we were struck by a familiar sound in the preface; and on checking up, we discovered that for 23 years now Mr. O'Brien has been repeating his introductory remarks.
Among the books he admired were those featuring Sut Lovingood by George Washington Harris; inside Sut Lovingwood Yarns (1867) DeBeck produced his first sketch of Snuffy Smith, a character that grew from talking with and sketching the Appalachian hillbilly locals.
(Visit a knitting site today and see yarn ads tomorrow).
