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SUMMER FROLIC and Worldwide Knit in Public Day
By NSLL | June 10th, 2017 | Categories: | Tags: KNITTING, SUMMER FESTIVAL, WOOL
Summer Frolic is always a popular event at Lincoln's New Salem. Again this year the site will team up with Worldwide Knit in Public Day for an extra-special Special Event! In addition to the traditional summer activities, all knitters are invited to join the knitting women of New Salem! And you can watch a wool fleece transform into a garment through washing, spinni ....
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World Wide Knit in Public Day? Knitting at Lincoln’s New Salem June 18, 2016
By Carol Jenkins Shafer | June 12th, 2016 | Categories: News, Women's life in the 1830s | Tags: KNITTING, sheep, women, WOOL
Summer at Lincoln's New Salem is a very busy time! But Saturday, June 18 will be even busier than usual! That's the day of this year's Summer Festival and for the FIRST TIME, this year the historic site will be a host site for World Wide Knit in Public Day! Everybody is welcome to come and join in the knitting fun! Of course, knitting in the 1830s was not a ....