STILL THEY KNIT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 26, 1 February 1937, Page 10

STILL THEY KNIT.

PRICE NO HANDICAP.

MEN BECOME ENTHUSIASTS.

Wool is up! So is the price of woollen goods of all descriptions, and of knitting wools in particular. Devotees of the cult of plain-and-purl are now Tieing called upon to pay an extra 1/4 a lb for their wool. The cost of English wools went up in December. "Why worry?" said the army of knitters, blithely. "There are always New Zealand wools, and very good they are, too." The knitting craze eliows no signs of abatement. It is, in fact, no longer a craze. It is not even a hobby, but a serious business with the thousands of Auckland women who knit many of the garments worn by themselves and their families. Take Their Work Along. Nor is the art confined to women alone. Men knitters are numerous and are converting others daily. These have not yet achieved the fine nonchalance of the feminine knitter who caeually pokes her needles into her neighbour's eye in the course of a tram or a train journey, but it is becoming quite the usual thing for them to take their "work" along with them when they go forth to enjoy a social evening. Of six young people who f6regathered for chatter and music at a city home on a recent night four were men—and they all knitted busily throughout the evening! According to the head saleswoman at the wool counter of a big Auckland shop, her men customers are even more particular than women as to the colouring and quality of the wool they buy. "Have I many men customers?" she repeated. "Quite a number!" They make their own cardigans and pullovers and socks, and produce some admirable work. One and all, they comment on the soothing effect which knitting has on them. -Wool will be up soon, but what matter Women must knit, and men, it seems, intend to go on knitting also. The year 1037 will find Auckland knitting needles clicking more busily than ever.