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...result is an "organization" so loosely knit that an FBI agent says finding members is "like trying to grab Jell-O." Lance Robertson, a veteran environment reporter for the Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard newspaper, says he has never been able to track down anyone he knew to be a member. Even a self-proclaimed ELF spokesman in Portland says he merely passes on anonymous messages...
...crowd gathers in front of the window of NO XS to watch a scene serenely out of place on this trendy stretch of street. More than a dozen people are seated inside, needles poised, as owner Michele Renee hosts one of her popular monthly knitting parties. Renee, who also attracts a crowd when she pulls out her just-like-the-fairy-tale spinning wheel, creates couture, hand-dyed yarn. Her knits are available in cotton to cashmere and include handmade sweaters, skirts, dresses, hats, scarves and quirky but useful knit accessories (cuffs that transform into a scarf for $95). Yarn...
...that a definite epidemic has been established, I have a theory about its point of origin: We know that smart Harvard women knit. Why? Well, first, just like men instinctively like to shoot cute furry animals, women instinctively like to create fabrics out of balls of yarn...
...ability to create something useful out of nothing, a kind of ingenuity. And as for Harvard undergraduate women in particular, most are incapable of inactivity; lounging around becomes boring if they're not doing something with their hands, so knitting becomes the key to relaxation. As my wide scope of research shows, Harvard women never only knit--they knit and watch movies, or knit and gossip or knit and do anything. It's a preoccupation, something productive to be done anywhere, to kill time in the dorms, to relax before vigorous athletic competitions, to relax after vigorous athletic competitions...
...added incentive, there even exist entire books (Harvard women allegedly like books) on how to knit sweaters and socks, dog coats and gloves! It's a double bonus for any 'Cliffie, fulfilling both the inner homemaker and inner bookworm's desires simultaneously, while satisfying that Harvard urge to fill all existing pockets of free time with some formof productive and useful activity...