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Knitting with the Stars

4/8/2010

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During a recent trip to The Big City (from the persepctive of Chatham, NH, that would be Portland, ME), I ducked into one of those nation-wide chain fabric and craft stores.  Browsing the yarn section, I discovered an entire aisle devoted to "Vanna's Choice®" yarn. 

VANNA'S choice? 

 As in Vanna "I'd like to buy a vowel" White?   

Absolutely!  According to the folks over at Lion Brand yarns, Vanna White is " America's favorite crocheter." 

Who knew?

Apparently, everyone except me.  (I guess I really do miss a lot by not having television.)

It seems the lovely Ms. White has been Lion Brand's spokesperson for over 14 years.  And why not?  She's published several books of crochet patterns.  Do a search on "Vanna White" over at Amazon.com, and an interesting assortment of images pops up:  Vanna all wrapped up in cozy afghans, and Vanna on magazine covers that need to be wrapped in plain brown paper. 

( The magazine covers date from the mid '80s.  I'm betting that these days Vanna prefers to be photographed wrapped in the afghan.)

Alas, on that day in Portland, my choice was not Vanna's Choice®.  Instead, I went with some lovely self-striping sock yarn by Deborah Norville.

Deborah Norville?

Yep.  The television celeb is also quite the knitter, and is author of a 2009 knitting book.

Are these gals for real?

It all leaves me wondering.  Is the knitting connection supposed to make these celebrities seem more down-home and authentic , or is their endorsement intended to bring a luster of Hollywood glamor to the humble needle arts?

Next time you watch Inside Edition, check out Deborah Norville's feet.  Let me know if she's wearing hand-knit socks.


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Deborah Norville link
3/9/2011 03:44:22 am

Yep – That’s me and no you wont see me wearing the sox on the air — or making sox for that matter. I go crazy with fine yarn and tiny needles. I am more into the instant gratification projects with the chunky yarn. Check it out — super soft, very forgiveable ( you can’t kill it in the washer) and a delight in the hands as you work it. In the process of an afghan for one of my kids right now. Check out my website… i will relaunch in a few weeks with lots of knit/crochet stuff on it! Best, Deborah (yup, the one on the tv you don’t have)

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