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Sat 07 Jul 2008Knitting; it's all in the yarns
Stitch 'n' bitch groups have popped up all over the country after a host of celebrities revealed their love of knitting, writes Eoin Butler.
IT'S LUNCHTIME ON SATURDAY, in Temple Bar's airy Curved Street Cafe, and the steady clink of knitting needles is punctuated only occasionally by snatches of conversation. It's here, on the first and third weekend of each month, that one of the country's growing number of knitting groups gathers to drink coffee, swap patterns and gossip about everything from "men, to yarn, to politics, to the price of milk". It's a relaxed, casual affair. But these women are serious about their stitches.
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