Sweater Recycling

Hey everyone.
For those of you who didn't get to come to the meeting tonight, we had a great time and learned a lot! If you want to learn the very very helpful technique we did tonight, here is a great tutorial you can look at:
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/9839/how-to-recycle-yarn-from-a-thrift-store-sweater

Good luck trying it out yourself. It's great!
-Abby

Knitters You Should Know--Part 1

Here is part one of what may or may not become a series. The first knitter that everyone should know is the absolute most influential knitter probably ever, but at least in recent history: Elizabeth Zimmerman.

Elizabeth Zimmerman is credited with:
--bringing Continental Knitting back to America after WWII when it had gone out of style as "too German"
--encouraging knitters to knit in the round on circular needles
--bringing the Aran sweater to America
--and many more innovative techniques that we take for granted today

Read about her at the very simple wiki page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Zimmermann
And read this great Vogue Knitting Tribute to her here: http://www.vogueknitting.com/node/485
Or do your own search for her and her wonderful books.

Happy knitting and crocheting!
-Abby