TACOMA, Wash. - Knitters occasionally drop a stitch. But when a whole clutch of them drops every stitch, then smiles for the camera and makes a calendar, that's something else. Meet, then, the women ...

In our Friday post about Chris Bylsma, in the Q&A, Chris threw out a challenge to pick out the 16 patterns on her Web site that use dropped stitches in them. I took the challenge ... and flunked! Out ...

Row by row, stitch by dropped stitch, knitting has been making a comeback in recent years. And now, thanks to the credit crunch, the revival has clicked into top gear. Sales of wool are up almost 30 ...

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