KNITTING BOOM.
CLICKING NEEDLES AT HOME.
The biggest knitting boom since tho war has resulted in an enormous demand for all kinds of wool, says the Daily Mail. Knitting needle factories are working at top pressure and women are knitting in every spare moment. Simplified fashions and the production of more delicate and attractive yarns have enabled women to make themselves many fashionable garments, including woollen necklaces, bracelets, jumpers, caps, scarves to match bathing suits, tennis socks. Tho seaside resorts are crowded with knitters and clicking needles can he heard on every' train and bus. A West End store attributes the revival of knitting to tho fashionable knitted caps now worn. The modern girl is as clever a knitter as lierj grandmother*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 230, 29 August 1932, Page 8
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122KNITTING BOOM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 230, 29 August 1932, Page 8
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