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ONE SECRET OF FEMININITY

Eileen - Penn.

You can't find a sweater to fit you? Are you all dressed up and depres- sed? You tried baking and your wig frizzed - - give up? No!

Knit it's as simple as that. You will never feel any more contentment than this; the steady rhythm, the soft yarn through the fingers, the pride of accomplishment, and finally the practicality of wearing something you've made. And this is something you can do, at home anytime. On the surface it sounds silly and a real pain and quite complicated, but it isn't, it's a very engrossing, relaxing and self-fulfilling art.

Your wife doesn't know you dress and she'd leave if she found out. What can she say if you're knitting for therapy?

There are two ways to approach this

and some preliminaries.

First it would be a good idea to find someone who knows how to show you how to knit, pearl and cast on. You can learn this from a book if no one is available. The next step is to buy a simple “How to Knit" pattern book which can be purchased at any 5 & 10. A TIP: Most books are graded the first projects are easy and each succeeding one will teach you a new technique. Don't just buy a skein of expensive yarn and start on a sweater. You'll just waste money and frustrate yourself Go ahead and make the early projects, even if you can't use them. They'll make good prizes at a bazaar or FPE meeting, plus the fact that you'll probably screw them up anyway.

So, armed with the knowledge of how to knit and pearl and cast on, a book, yarn and needles as specified for your first project, you head home.

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