I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the … - Laurie Halse Anderson

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Children live in the same world we do. To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive it's a vanity.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf
shawl
blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm.

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