Word: knitted
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Said Stearns, "Because we've been such a small, close-knit group, in just a few hours we were able to get beyond the 'hi-what's-your-name-where-are-you-from' level of conversation...
...four varieties of tops and eight bottoms have a distinctively athletic flair. They are made of 100% knit cotton, come in 24 colors, and are modestly priced from $6 to $12. The ribbed tank tops and T shirts are available in shades that would please the Dallas Cowboys: athletic gray and olive drab. Although the bikini briefs are cut femininely high on the thigh, they sport a white elastic waistband emblazoned with the designer's name, just like men's models. And the string bikini, even in deep hues of jade or saffron, bears an uncanny resemblance...
...idea of a black candidacy surfaced formally last winter, when the "black leadership family," a loosely knit coalition of black politicians, civil rights leaders and academics toyed with the notion of forcing the Democratic Party to allot funds for black voter registration. Soon thereafter, Jackson, a member of the group, started his own registration drive, calling it the Southern Crusade. Speaking in his characteristic evangelist's cadence as he moved around the country, Jackson would thunder to rapt audiences: "There's a freedom train a comin'. But you've got to be registered to ride." Jackson...
...called a tanzen, into a hooded wool coat and turned striped cloth used to lead horses on ceremonial occasions into a jersey. He made tucked cotton jumpsuits so intricate that he evoked origami, the ancient art of paper folding, and he turned a farmer's backpack into a knit jacket. Says he: "I was trying to peel away to the limit of fashion...
...take out the best part of the fabric by cutting a piece out of the middle, as a European would do." Instead of using old fabric, he has, for some time now, been making his own. Currently, he is working with a heavily textured stretch knit that looks like a lava flow, and is trying to decide what to do with an exotic combination of linen backed with Shetland wool that he has aptly dubbed "the I don't know" fabric...