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Laura Coventry learns about a woman on a mission to get the nation to learn a new

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The People's Friend Special Magazine

18 October, 2023

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Love Patchwork & Quilting

Karen lewis

Like many of us, I grew up surrounded by fabrics and wool. My mum was a big knitter and I can’t remember a time when she wasn’t sitting in front of the TV without the clickerty clack of her needles. I

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