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Where Can I Find a Pattern for a Chicken Sweater?

Posted by Catherine Skrzypek on Saturday, January 9, 2010,

A woman in England knits sweaters (which they call "jumpers" across the pond) for chickens she rescues from battery farms.  When she receives the birds, they are often missing feathers, and the sweaters keep them warm until the feathers grow back.  Read the full Telegraph article here

[via About.com Knitting]

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Knitted Village

Posted by Catherine Skrzypek on Saturday, May 16, 2009,
Isn't this sweet?  A British knitting club created this replica of their own village, Mersham, near Ashford. It took 23 years to complete and will be sold piece-by-piece to benefit the local hall.  Have any of you been inspired to knit up a replica of our own Central Library?  For more pictures of the knitted village, click here.

Knitted village

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