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| $ IRPURLS OF WISDOM: Plastic milk bags can be fashioned into sleeping mals _ yogrwuagezutr>5 _ 102A us : | $ j 2: y2i4 C & ‘ If you can crochet, you can help quake victims * a Yath a 7 C d ; /® } i | self, Harnden began saving to be no problem. Her daughâ€" _ from those who want to cut . 2. 0 9l CECILIA NASMITH her milk bags until she could â€" ter is sa\lr)ing them from the _ the bags and prepare them for f \ :fi"}’ «l Y i Northumberland Today attend a workshop and learn nursing home where she . her to those who would like to : y $0 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP â€" _ how this is done. works, and various members _ crochetalong. 4 CGal + ‘ Attention all crocheters who It all starts by trimming the _ of the Cold Springs Pastoral It‘s not hard, she said, and CE » want to help a good cause: outer milk bags and cutting Charge (three churches she‘d be happy to show byicad y > & | Dorathy Harnden has just the them into a length. Harnden strong) are also setting theirs _ anyone how it‘s done. 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Even if she only has As to where she plans to Anyone interested in finding m _ _ ‘.J;% mt on 1 f ,t;;f"" mb ied Harnden is not sure where _ time to do two or three rows, _ take the finished mats for dis= out more is welcome to call ‘ »v"ffg,‘g:,k_,%fi (ncas ,.3_7;"_‘ prul ) / " the idea originally came from. . that large crochet hook proâ€" _ tribution, the newspaper artiâ€" _ Harnden at 905â€"373â€"6004. ks tCys ce but she first heard about it at a _ duces results quickly. cle mentioned a church that is . cnasmith@northumberland f L,:f;&!}f%m o Reath:‘. Women‘s Institute convention. Because it is an unfamiliar _ not far from where her daughâ€" : today.com | ,\3;“"111% w4 M)g xcandid Her daughter has also sent her _ material, getting the tension _ terlives. & | m‘“‘,;,{”"@iy&.’““gf,@?p ‘a newspaper/arficle from â€" even has been tricky. 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