THIS KNITTING CRAZE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 528, 11 May 1933, Page 2

THIS KNITTING CRAZE

"Knit, knit, knit," one could make an excellent parody on that old poem, "Stitch, stitch," stitch." Fingers are never idle these days and knitting on most social occasions is quite th'e ;accepted thing. • But it's a hard time for husbands, this autumn knitting boom. I met one the other day, a little distrait, and with a long skinny parcel tucked firmly under one arm, from which two scarlet knitting needle-tips protruded in.tell-tale fashion. Pressed, he told me of a self-conscious visit to a popular wool store, and of his pat inquiry for "knitting needles, size eight, please — " and of his complete stupef action when the pleasant damsel asked, "D'you want long or short ones ? " "How was I to know what the wife wanted," said hubby, kindling with indignation. "So I just grabbed these and told the girl to wrap them up." I left him warming to a real brotherly feeling with' ah office associate who had done lengthy penanee waiting to acquire an all-important skein. "I made no end of a fuss to mateh the colour; then when I took it home, she said* it was the wrong kind," was his depressed contribution. Of course, it never dawned upon him to note th'e ply and fingering. MARY ANNE.