Knitting looms large as hobby at Sullivan Elementary School
Tri-Cities Tennessee - May 30 2006
What started out as a way to relieve stress and jitters before high-stakes testing has become all the rage at Sullivan Elementary School this year.In classrooms during downtime, in the cafeteria at lunchtime, anywhere they could find time. That's where you'd see them - pick in hand, round loom and yarn strategically placed in front of them, knitting.
"It caught on like wildfire," said fifth-grader Taylor Shook.
"You would see kids out on the playground doing it. You'd see them doing it at lunch and everything," fifth-grader Sarah Collins added.
Guidance counselor Debby Butler won a set of the round looms in a drawing and decided to introduce the craft, which dates back to the 1700s, to her students during Sullivan's annual Pioneer Day festivities.
"I let everybody in the class try it, and what happened was everybody wanted to do more and more," Butler said. [more]
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