Knitting in the News

She’s entrusted with the treasure of bear hair yarn
from Journal Opinion

According to Maureen Clark of Clark’s Trading Post in North Woodstock, Maxine Tyler is Clark’s Official Bear Knitter. That’s a title not many people can claim. “She’s a wonderful knitter,” Clark said in a recent interview, “Everyone loves her work.” Now, it’s true that 79-year old Tyler of Benton has knit at least 30 Irish Knit sweaters. “So far,” Tyler adds. And it’s true that she won second place for her knitting in a National Grange Needlework Contest in 1969. And its true that there’s hardly a knitting or crocheting pattern she can’t conquer.

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