For those of you who know my thoughts on the health benefits of knitting. You will love this story.
In the horrible aftermath of the recent Italian earthquake comes this report: 98 year old Maria D'Antuono was retrieved from her collapsed bedroom alive 30+ hours after the initial quake -- how did she spend her time while waiting to be retrieved from the rubble? With her yarn & hook! Yup - crocheting! AP & CBC reported that she knit to pass the time, but alas all other news reports stated it was crochet; whatever -- another reason to cross-train, Wooly!
Yarn can save your life.
Maria, you rock!
They articles never said if they rescued her needlework as well.
I think she should frame it!
Plus -- re: Health Benefits of Knitting/Crocheting -- the woman is 98-years old - nuff said!
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With all the inaccuracies in reporting of knitting as crochet or vice versa (or, worse, as "sewing"), maybe we should offer to give lectures at all the local journalism schools! Usually they're just howlers instead of major errors, but if a reporter couldn't tell a motorcycle from a 10-speed, someone would correct them, right?
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