| 单词 | yarn |
| 例句 | The air was filled with fuzz and lint, so that she kept sneezing and drop-ping the yarn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The words looked like yarn, which was kind of cool and kind of corny at the same time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z "You ever seen this, Ricky?" she asked, holding up the ball of yarn with the long silver needles jammed through it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The first chance we got, we went and found him some black yarn to mess with. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mom sat on the couch with her yarn monster. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The yarn is easily found, a ball of it sits precariously on a pile of books. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All the yarn and thread came from old clothes that had gotten too shabby to be worn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in her painting smock, her hair pinned messily in gold barrettes, staring at her latest collage with a paintbrush and a piece of yarn in her hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z After the candles were lit, Rachel and the two girls picked up skeins of yarn and began to knit as Matthew drew the great Bible toward him across the table. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She was either at home or in her yarn shop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She can’t stop his words, which come in rhymes sometimes or jumbled together like twisted yarn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Reynie helped him shred the other attempted drawings, too, most of which resembled misshapen balls of yarn with numbered threads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She took stock of the ball of yarn in her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A scrap of notebook paper, loosely tied with red yarn to my lowest branch, broke free. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I didn't even know where the yarn came from. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But her thoughts felt like a mess of tangled yarn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if he were unraveling like a ball of yarn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Needles, yarn in hand, stepped over the mess to get to the chair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart dresses and jackets and pants; she wound the yarn into balls and the thread onto spools, and people bought them to use in making new clothes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So we knew that if there was going to be a store that had yarn, it was going to be on Fulton Street. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She puts down her yarn and looks at me for a long time. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z With quick fingers she worked the needles through the yarn, finishing off the last row of loops, then snipped the loose end with a pair of scissors she pulled from who knew where. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z My mother took the ball of yarn and tied a knot on one end. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Just like that, my mother came flying out the front door, another ball or roll or whatever you call it of yarn in her hand and two more needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I’m good at that. I’ve knotted so much yarn and thread.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Granny’s shop had once been a tidy place, where each ball of yarn and spool of thread had its spot in the cubbyholes that lined the walls. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Gabe’s smell was almost worse than the nightmares about Mrs. Dodds, or the sound of that old fruit lady’s shears snipping the yarn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As with the popcorn, she strung each one onto the yarn. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The radio announcer said Gandhi spent his birthday fasting and spinning yarn on his wheel. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He watched her warily as she slowly stepped closer, the yarn and needles in her hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z And Laura put her hands into her red mittens that hung by a red yarn string around her neck, while Ma lighted the candle in the lantern. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In her room, Mabel had posters of her favorite singers plastered across the walls, along with piles of brightly colored yarn everywhere, since she was in a bracelet-making phase. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The parrot whistles with either disgust or appreciation at the spandex flexibility of the yarn. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I had noticed that Lula’s taste in literature had been tending away from the good old ripping yarns and toward the sticky romantic stuff. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "Oh, nothing much. Just looking for yarn," I said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I wondered how come Mama never showed me how to make yarn bracelets. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z "Not too much, man, just trying to find some yarn," Noodles said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Lina picked her up and unwound the yarn, talking soothingly, though she was so upset that her fingers trembled. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They rolled the yarn and started again with it, forming new patterns, bright stripes, in larger sizes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Propellers churned; handkerchiefs fluttered, and, up on deck, the balls of yarn began to spin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Needles sucked his teeth and went back to his yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Mary looked up quickly from the hank of yarn she was winding into a ball. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was black yarn that had been knit and raveled, so that it was curly. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The black yarn seemed to be working out for him, though. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Needles had his yarn and needles tucked under his arm while he forked through the spaghetti noodles, slurping the red sauce. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A large ball of white that reminded Ekon of yarn came rolling across it and dropped to the ground. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sandi helps Yolanda wind the unraveled yarn into a ball, stopping now and then to enjoy her story of the mother. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We taught the children how to make pot holders out of yarn and how to glue rice, glitter, and tinsel to paper plates to make collages for their folks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t going to beg for some yarn that was sure to be more gossip than truth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I guess the stupid yarn situation was still bugging me—distracting me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Her brow was furrowed as she manipulated knitting needles, and Franz’s eyes were glued to the unwinding yarn ball. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Moving through her room, trembling with excitement, Celaena gathered two balls of yarn from Philippa’s sewing basket, along with three sticks of chalk and one of her makeshift knives. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her skirt was turned back, showing a petticoat of red knitted yarn with tatting around the edge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The coiled scarf on her lap grew as her wooden needles clicked and clacked under and over and through the yarn. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z And when the yarn is dry, everyone learns how to knit. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I would say she has more than a tangle in her yarn,” she said, her voice one shade oilier than normal. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I didn't even know yarn had so many different feels. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She brought him something even more crazy—a ball of yarn and some knitting needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z If I really thought they could eat yarn, I would feed it to them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Long loops and strands of yarn dangled out of the cubbyholes, and the browns and grays and purples were mixed in with the ochres and olive greens and dark blues. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Needles had his yarn, so he won't be shouting nothing, and even if he did, the music would be so loud, no one would even care. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Once she got all the way up, she held out the yarn like an offering. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I’ll ask you to imagine another scenario—you tell me if it sounds plausible. If this sort of thing could have happened, sir, or if it’s just another sea yarn.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It even had a bunch of braided black yarn sewed on for hair that was supposed to look like plaits. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The middle one cut the yarn, and I swear I could hear that snip across four lanes of traffic. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Oliver went downstairs, where Hyacinth was doing something with yarn and two sticks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She chose a variety of yarns in colors that reminded her of autumn leaves: warm reds and blazing oranges and golden yellows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her pockets were empty of anything metal, populated chiefly by small pebbles and assorted scraps of yarn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Once fat Madge made him sit before her, holding a skein of yarn from which she wound a ball. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Auntie Ying mentions she bought yarn at half price, somewhere out in the avenues. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z To learn early American history, for example, students dressed in costumes of the era and were taught how to spin yarn, hook rugs, and use quill pens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z From a nearby crab apple tree, a small ball of confused bees hung like a ragged skein of yarn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She tied pretty red yarn around its tail to neutralize the bad luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked up Fulton like three cool dudes, one of which was holding yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He held his needles awkwardly and wove in and out, looping the yarn slowly around each needle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Needles was pressed flat against the door as Noodles reached the top and extended his hand, offering the yarn and needles to his brother. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The very tip of the hat was knitted with a fluorescent yellow yarn. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Loki took a ball of nettle yarn, and he began to knot and weave it into a fishing net, the first such net ever to be made. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He said, “Just tell me what you saw. “The middle one took out her scissors, and she cut the yarn.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z My sister walked us to the craft store and we bought square plastic grids and wrapped yarn around them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Her mother and Esi, a recently married friend, sat on the ground, spinning cotton threads for yarn. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When she mentioned it, he threw the yarn at her head and walked off. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Noodles took the pink yarn and the needles like taking a baton in a relay race, and started up the steps, two at a time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z That's not weird for stores in New York, but it just didn't seem like a good idea to have a cat hanging out in a yarn store. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I forced an uncomfortable grin as we turned away and started walking toward the black yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z On one, she embroidered a cross of bright blue yarn and on the other, a golden heart crowned with brown thorns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had sewn the key in so that it wouldn’t get lost, but the yarn wasn’t quite long enough to reach the keyhole if the bag rested on the ground. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Every day our floor was carpeted with colorful rolls of fabric, yarn, sewing patterns, and issues of Burda, a fashion magazine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Mattie held up a rag doll with a distinct bald spot on her black yarn head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She sat there, the needles clicking over themselves, the purple square of yarn growing more rectangular. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I pulled off my hat and wound my fingers through the pink crocheted holes in the yarn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At the top of her head was a sprig of brown hair tied up with a scrap of red yarn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think about this Daylight Saving Time plan?” she asked, tugging on the yarn ball to free up more yarn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He had the ball of yarn stuffed in his pants. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Nali withdrew two bulging Ziploc bags, one filled with bundles of lavender tied with white yarn, and another filled with loose leaves of gray-green sage. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The puppy waved its red yarn at the nurse girl, and she picked it up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On a thick wooden table by the window, piles of colored yarns lay ready for sorting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Green Boys kept an eye on Old Mom, and when she “accidentally” dropped a ball of yarn over the cliff, they watched where it landed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And Ruth May was exempt from hope chest, but was allowed to lie in a hammock with us and make cat’s cradles out of yarn if she promised not to run off and break something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All the girls made friendship bracelets from plastic strings and colorful yarn, so I learned many ways of creating my own jewelry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Sylvia was stabbing a bunch of yarn into something that resembled a sweater in the living room, with a direct line of sight to me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He leaned against the wall and began to fool with his yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z If my stomach weren’t so full, it would be tangled up like a mess of yarn. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z "We were at a yarn store. He was taking black yarn. For Needles." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z When I'd said all that nonsense about perfidy, I'd been telling a yarn, hoping that I could distract everyone from my questionable manners. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They should have put her crochet needle in the box next to her, and yarn so she’ll have something to do in Eternity. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z From her mother she learned the business of running the house—how to sew neat, tiny stitches, how to spin rough wool into yarn, how to keep crowded chambers clean and orderly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Needles scrambled to gather his stuff, his yarn and needles, and ran to catch up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Workers had raised a structure that Kira could see was to be a shed; under its roof, long poles from which to hang the wet yarns and threads to dry were already in place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, as she talked, the fingers of one hand played over its yarn, as if inspecting her own workmanship. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Unwrapped, it looked and felt like a finger-size knot of dried yarn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think these scarves aren’t sent to the Angels at all, but unraveled and turned back into balls of yarn, to be knitted again in their turn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe the female population of Europe finally realized he’s as compelling as a wet ball of yarn,” Alex suggests. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Grover—that snipping of the yarn. Does that mean somebody is going to die?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I tie them together with red yarn and set them on the fireplace mantel and the dining-room table. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Groaning at the thought of all the stairs she now had to climb, she picked up her candle and yarn and hurried toward the comfort of higher ceilings, rolling up the string as she went. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "Why you being so mean, man? Lady was just doing her job," I asked Noodles while squeezing different yarns like they were cantaloupes in the grocery store. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then she started looping yarn around the needle until the whole thing was covered. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I doused part of the hall and then the craft room, feeling a wave of sorrow for the ruin of Gran’s beautiful cotton prints and colorful yarns. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I used to string them on yarn and make necklaces.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Father’s given me permission to knit a white wool sweater; the yarn isn’t very pretty, but it’ll be warm, and that’s what counts. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A ship’s captain finished telling a yarn, and the windowpanes rattled with laughter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Aight, so how about when we get to the store, we just take some yarn, man. I mean, ain't no point in buying something so stupid," he said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She agreed to wait outside, but only if I held a ball of yarn, which went under the bathroom door and was connected to the scarf she was knitting. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom steps over the yarn and heads to the laundry room. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Like, at first it was just yarn, but now it was turning into something else. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They reached the shanty, Burnham wrote to Margaret, “just in time to hear Col. Rice tell some yarns about the war and life in the plains among the scouts and Indians.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the little bit of family history Vonetta had first recited spun itself into a long, winding yarn. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She pulled out a long spool of bright-red knitting yarn from Mama’s sewing basket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As the Giulia blew its horn and moved away from the dock, a few hundred strings of yarn stretched across the water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He couldn't run full speed because he had to hold his crotch to make sure the yarn didn't fall out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He had light brown dreadlocks tied in a bunch with a hank of yarn, and intense blue eyes that shone like high beams. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I circle them with my arms and rub my cheeks against their soft yarn fur. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When the front door opens, I find the female version of Mitch wearing a light yellow T-shirt with kittens rolling in yarn. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The first thing we had to figure out was where to get yarn from. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She held her arms out like she was saying, Duh, there's yarn everywhere, dummy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Apparently, we were a shining example for our teammates as we lay on the court like cats fighting over a ball of yarn. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Over the past few days, I’d been growing this small bit of hope, letting it build up little by little like yarn wrapped from a skein. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I pick up a ball of red yarn and brush it against my cheek. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He still had his yarn and needles in his hand, and was waving them back and forth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She talked and we kept dipping into the bag for more yarn while we listened. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Tomorrow the women would dye the yarn, and when it was ready, her father, a master weaver, would create the strips of treasured fabric on his loom. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo was afraid he had said something wrong, but Aphros pulled some seaweed yarn from his pouch and started knitting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You should be helping us make this yarn, my daughter,” her mother chided gently. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A family yarn told of the time that he demanded to visit a cousin in Sioux City, Iowa, seventy miles from home, on his own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But the only thing in there was a bunch of Nan’s unused yarn, cushioning some commemorative plates. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She climbed the stairs next to the yarn shop two at a time and burst through the door of the apartment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah, man, some yarn. But it ain't for us," Noodles said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “How do you cast on yarn ?” The girl pantomimed her method with her large hands. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its hair was black yarn, and its eyes were shoe buttons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So my mother took the yarn, which was purple, and the two knitting needles, and started to show Needles how to knit. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It felt more like the Three Fates I’d seen knitting the yarn outside the highway fruit stand: ancient, powerful, and definitely not human. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She takes her reading glasses off and they hang around her neck, bouncing against the kittens and their balls of yarn on her shirt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Chuck had exercised as they talked, flexing his arms with nice ferocity, his veins straying over his muscles like snippets of blue yarn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She expected to find something made of yarn and popsicle sticks, or maybe curly macaroni and glue. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny’s customers often had to spend half an hour unsnarling the rust-red yarn from the mud-brown, or trying to fish out the end of a thread from a tangled wad. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though she knew which potions were which, Anya still labeled each of them with a different colored bit of yarn tied around the mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He glanced over and saw the puppy sound asleep, curled into a mound of undyed yarn heaped near the door, as if the soft pile were a mother to doze against. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I pretty much expected him to say this, but I knew it had nothing to do with yarn and was really all about him not having money to buy it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The strings of yarn flew free, rising on the breeze. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I make them all the time, I am at no loss for yarn. I started this one with no particular rêveur in mind to wear it, so clearly it is meant for you.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He watched the ropemakers walking backwards as they twisted the fibers into yarn, the yarn into strands, and the strands into rope. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After quietly retrieving it, they unrolled the yarn, removed the agent messages hidden inside, and took them to Washington’s headquarters. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And now here Bailey stands, trying to accomplish the same feat with only a book and some yarn and a borrowed cigarette lighter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The yarn was clean, and Max says the tiny fibers left behind just made it more filling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But something was bugging me—it was bad enough Needles was sitting outside in the middle of the summer, in the hood, knitting, but what made it worse is that he was using purple yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z On Wednesday her shirt had a cat playing with a ball of yarn with the words “String Theory” underneath. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Needles smiled, and ticked a little, his left arm jerking just enough for the yarn to slip off the needle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Brother Luke brought small slender pieces of pine and showed Robin how to smooth them into mast and bowsprit, then found scraps of linen for sails and pieces of yarn for rigging. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, I’d had a vision of the window framed in poster board stitched with super-bulky yarn like the edge of a quilting square. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "Do they or do they not play with yarn?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was way too big for my finger, but I could wrap yarn around the band the way high school girls did when they wore their boyfriend’s rings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The lady grabs a little yarn ball from a pile on a small table as she passes it and tosses it up to the bird, who grabs it in its beak. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He tells stories of the gods, but his yarn is spun from the ungodly, human heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She strolled around the tiny living room, studying photos of old people on the table beside the couch, peeking into Bertha’s yarn basket, peering into the kitchen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And then she held the yarn and the needles out in front of Noodles, who looked at them the same way he glared at my hand the first day we met, like he wasn't sure. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z "Uh, not really. I saw an old lady on the train doing something with yarn and those things, but I don't know what," he said, shy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She took out a clump of gray yarn and began to sort through it, and then frowned and picked up another clump. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z There were photos on the mantel, a few paintings on the walls, and a basket of yarn beside the armchair. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The lump in my throat was the size of a full ball of yarn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The red stitches along the hem of my shift are ripped, the bright yarn limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then again, but louder, still holding the yarn and needles out in front of him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her about Mrs. Dodds and the three old ladies with the yarn, but I thought it would sound stupid. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The slightest distraction or additional fear or pain caused her story to snarl like a ball of yarn. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even random stuff like yarn and knitting needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Passengers held the yarn as long as possible, maintaining the connection to the faces disappearing onshore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A string of gray yarn stretched across them, and the last woman was working on a large wooden spinning wheel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Aw, that was just talk. I was just—just—spinning yarns. Sumatra’s fine. Pretty country. Real pretty.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d known him ever since his first days at the chandlery, when he used to drop in between voyages and spin yarns with Sam Smith. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When they came to Lina’s street, Lina ducked her head in the door of the yarn shop and said hello to Granny, and then they climbed the stairs to the apartment. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I sat down on the swing and watched her hands move quickly as she worked her single needle and a ball of yarn into what looked like another toilet paper cover. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “But all I had was her unused yarn—unless you want the Queen’s Jubilee plates.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The lady in the middle held an enormous basket of electric-blue yarn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah, fool, the pet store. Ali—cats. They play with yarn." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He kept his hair tied back neatly with red yarn in a chongo knot, like the oldtimers wore. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I think Mama had let him tell so many big yarns about his catching live game that he’d begun to believe them himself. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A few moments later my mother calmly turned around and started back down the steps, still holding the yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He had his yarn and his needles with him too, of course, but even that couldn't distract from his clothes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Eventually, there were deserts and more forests and mountain ranges and even an ocean, all accessible by large networks of roads that unwound this way and that, like great spools of yarn. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was the custom in those days for passengers leaving for America to bring balls of yarn on deck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As Noodles made suggestion after suggestion, I looked out at Needles, sitting on the stoop, weaving the black yarn in and out with the needles just like my mother taught him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The bag she carried over her shoulder was filled with colored threads and yarns that Annabella had given to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She would snip the bottom of a sweater and pull out a kinky thread of yarn, anchoring it to a piece of cardboard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He wraps the book with a length of fine wool yarn dyed a deep crimson, bits of it stained darker with something dried and brown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Needles put the yarn down and wiggled his hand into his left pocket. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He stood all hunched over in front of his brother, holding yarn and needles, his whole body heaving. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The yarn Mom is knitting pools in her lap like strands of overcooked spaghetti. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It’s a pair of fingerless gloves knit from a dense navy blue yarn, and a thick pair of brown wool mittens. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A ball of white yarn rolls across the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Every year on the first day of May, people come from all over town to adorn me with scraps of paper, tags, bits of fabric, snippets of yarn, and the occasional gym sock. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her yarn ran out, and she left it on the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There was a yarn snowman that Courtney had made when a Brownie, it was gray now, and beginning to ravel. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The yarn and needles fell to the ground, and her hands covered her face. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I can wind balls of yarn, at least. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Do you remember the carpet that looks like yarn and like yawn? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Kit gave her yarn an impatient jerk that sent the ball bouncing across the floor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She found Poppy sitting on the floor of the shop, enmeshed in a tangle of yellow yarn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But she stopped and exclaimed, “The yarns! Don’t forget the yarns.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He filled the seams between the new planks with wool yarn unraveled from a scarf and then caulked them with Marston’s oil paints. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Now some men, Kit reflected, could pick up a ball of yarn without looking ridiculous. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Her little granddaughter, the one who lives in her own world, takes a bright blue ball of yarn from my mother’s knitting basket. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I watched as Noodles sized up the yarns to see which black was the best black for Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The watch and the yarn he puts in his pockets with the candle he pulled from the Wishing Tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cheap arts and crafts everywhere, dusty God’s eyes, faded cobwebs of yarn. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Goodness, it’s later than I thought. I have to get to the yarn shop. Can you do me a favor, Mari?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The words pain her as if they were knitted into her skin with thick needles and yarn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She unfolded the whole thing and laced her fingers through the yarn fringe at the ends. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Typical of his approach is a deadpan yarn about a “terminally ill” 9-year-old with “a simple wish.” For Norm Macdonald, facts are just starting points for comedy 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “The embroiderer used a wide variety of yarn types and stitches,” she said. Middle East: A Culture's History Written in Thread 2011-03-30T20:31:12Z There's a vibe reminiscent of "The Americans" as it begins, before it segues into a storyline that moves, leaps and sharp-shoots a lot like a Jason Bourne yarn. "Black Widow" is a triumph for Marvel fans, yet that's what makes it so infuriating 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Fiasco's love of spinning yarns wins you over even when the yarn falls short. Imagination at play in a simple but joyful 'Into the Woods' 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z No one ever went broke overestimating the British reading public's appetite for ripping yarns, as Greene knew to his finger ends. The mystery of James Bond's enduring appeal 2010-05-31T16:52:00Z Itby Stephen King King's novel is a tale of summer – a bright, boisterous coming-of-age yarn with a monster in the shadows. Summer readings: It by Stephen King 2011-08-04T09:05:35Z He began searching for something to fulfill a request from humorist and lecturer Artemus Ward for a book of western experiences he was planning to publish, resurrecting the yarn he heard in Angels Camp. The frog that jump-started Mark Twain's career 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z As the women spin wool into yarn and weave yarn into blankets, the sound of a battle rumbles just outside the wooden doors. Review: In ‘Spindle Shuttle Needle,’ History With Strings Attached 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z That proves to be a comforting principle, whether the characters are people, toy robots or, yes, a ball of yarn. Spare Times for Children for May 29-June 4 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z His sculptures, mere outlines of basic geometric forms made with acrylic yarn, are materially as minimal as anything made in the past half century. Fred Sandback, creating lines and defying boundaries at the Glenstone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z This is an ages-old romantic comedy set-up that could very well have shaped up to be a lighthearted yarn about a stalker. With "Bob Hearts Abishola" and "Sunnyside," sitcoms are showcasing the immigrant's story 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “That was all the movie was to Middle America,” he wrote, “a freaky, only-in-New York story that made a fair two-hour yarn but failed to touch their lives.” Movie Review: ‘The Dog’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z For instance, there is the oft-spun yarn that he earned his nickname as an infant when Harry Houdini, no less, saw him fall down stairs and exclaimed: “That was a real buster!” The silent-era film stars who risked life and limb doing their own film stunts 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z When the men with big guns burst in attempting to spring the prisoner, the scene seems set for an odd-couple-on-the-run yarn powered by the smart interplay of two conflicted personalities. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-06-16T23:05:42Z But on the stage it acquires the excited, self-delighted giddiness you associate with really good yarn spinners. | 'Peter and the Starcatcher': Peter Pan (the Early Years), With Bounding Main and All 2011-03-10T03:30:25Z It reveals her as adept in the delineation of eccentric characters and the possessor of a keen sense of humor as well as the ability to concoct a puzzling mystery yarn. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z McConaughey, who turns 51 on Nov. 4, enjoys spinning some of these personal yarns, not necessarily because they sound cool but because he believes they reveal certain universal and teachable truths. Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z As the rougher edges of Mr. Harris’s voice came to the fore, he slipped into the persona of an itinerant folk-blues yarn spinner. Music Review: Allan Harris Performs at the Metropolitan Room 2010-04-06T22:27:00Z "I put my hand in," Dolly sings, in what you might call the ubertext of her exuberant yarn of matches made, unmade, remade. This Dolly hits all the high notes 2010-12-28T15:32:00Z “The Lawgiver,” which arrives on Tuesday, weaves a comedic yarn using letters, text messages, memos, Variety articles, e-mails and Skype transcripts. Herman Wouk on His New Book, ‘The Lawgiver’ 2012-11-12T20:06:04Z She’s been knitting since middle school in Agoura Hills, Calif., and keeps a book of yarn samples in her studio from that time. Yarn Bombing Hits the High Street 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Kirsch also objects to the artifice engaged in by most of the characters in “The Flamethrowers,” who do indeed spin a lot of yarns and do a lot of bits. Rachel Kushner’s ambitious new novel scares male critics 2013-06-05T23:00:00Z At the heart of the silk mill is a machine called a warper, which prepares warp yarns to be used on a loom. A Glimpse Inside a Florentine Silk-Weaving Workshop 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Her family sells yarn, natural fiber and homemade alpaca products. The fun of living on an alpaca farm: Not just fuzzy fleece, but friendship too 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z There is another reason, Sayeg thinks, for yarn bombing's appeal among knitters: "It has inspired them to do something beyond the functional." The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z When Vice President Harris visited a woman-owned yarn shop in Alexandria last month, she mentioned a little-known fact about herself that left the fiber arts community a bit giddy. Vice President Harris is making her mark on the Washington-area crochet scene 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z The Force Awakens reintroduced audiences to the concept of a rollicking space yarn. How can Star Wars get back on track after Solo's disappointing debut? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z If the first-person yarns of “Jesus’ Son” struck some readers as documentary realism, they were anything but. Remembering Denis Johnson: A struggle with fate, faith, America and imagination 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Nearby was her purple reflective yarn for knitting and a pencil drawing of Heather. The last day of Donald 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Gregory may embellish his memories, but it’s only because he enjoys a good yarn. Insight, humor in ‘André Gregory: Before and After Dinner’ 2013-08-08T19:28:37Z Now, it's also true that the Coens are coming at this classic western yarn from a 21st-century perspective that might misleadingly be called "ironic," but it's better not to get hung up on that. "True Grit": A ferocious heroine in a classic western 2010-12-22T02:01:00Z Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS The Mountain Eagle, a 1928 black and white silent movie, is a ripping yarn about a dastardly father, a crippled son, a lovely schoolteacher and an innocent imprisoned. Hitchcock hunt 2010-07-05T17:16:00Z First, there were my brown Cabbage Patch dolls with black yarn hair, pinched faces and plush bodies that smelled like baby powder. We were American Girls: What Addy taught me about Black hair, freedom and myself 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z But this tale, the yarn of Hemon as heroic immigrant, reduces his journey to its destination. Nowhere man 2013-02-23T08:00:16Z But now that I have the technique down, I can completely redo all the yarn on the car in about three months. Art cars drive Fremont Fair fun 2011-06-16T19:00:10Z She got recommendations from yarn shops in nearby Billerica and Northampton, ultimately hiring 10 people from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Michigan. A Good Yarn About Those ‘Carousel’ Costumes 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z No women are getting out of poverty in the "Hillbilly" yarn. Don't just laugh at "Hillbilly Elegy" — its damaging myths still need to be countered 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Children will learn about her verse as well as about the symbols and patterns of African-American quilts, then create tapestry designs with cloth and yarn that incorporate poems of their own. For Children Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In a detailed explanation of how a death penalty trial works, Bidish Sarma says defense lawyers could learn a lot from the show writers’ ability to spin a yarn. What real lawyers think about Breaking Bad – and why it should be taught in class 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Personally, I am big on re-purposing the Sunday newspaper comics and using colorful yarn instead of ribbon. Modern Etiquette: A holiday gift quiz 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The cats turned out to be made of yarn. ArtsBeat: The Small and Pleasurable World at the Track 2013-05-03T14:00:48Z But as postmodern crime yarns go, this one is pretty spry, and especially well-turned when it comes to Risto’s struggle to reconcile the crime he’s solving with the violence he witnessed in his youth. Review | A meditation on race, class — and murder — set in one of Europe’s most storied cities 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z He is a marvelous storyteller with the expansive style of a rural yarn spinner, who becomes more excited the more wound up he becomes. Music: Jimmy Webb Sings on ?Just Across the River? 2010-07-18T02:31:00Z Ms. Steier’s production goes deeper, and darker, than just adventure yarns. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Both comics display the deliciously mischievous timing of old-school club veterans, reeling out outlandish yarns before yanking you back for the kicker. ‘Joy Ride’ Review: Still Standing 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z There’s also Julian David Stone’s fast-moving yarn “The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl,” which came out in late 2013 but still makes lively reading in 2014. Marathons of ‘The Twilight Zone,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and More 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The film is a real "whew"-factor yarn, a hearty soup of thick accents, bold personalities and complicated motives, with an unmistakable taste of charismatic, ornery American hedonism. 'The Dog' unravels bank thief's stranger-than-fiction life 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z McGlaughlin talks about classical music with unpretentious enthusiasm, highlighting beautiful melodies, illustrating harmonies on the piano and telling good yarns about composers. Three things we love this week, Nov. 11-17, 2012 2012-11-07T23:11:12Z A great storyteller, he can spin the tiniest anecdote about the musician’s life into a sidesplitting absurdist yarn. Music Review: John Pizzarelli Quartet at Café Carlyle 2012-05-30T21:21:30Z Netflix went into the night with 34 nods, including six for Noah Baumbach’s searing “Marriage Story,” the most of any movie, and five for “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s leisurely gangster yarn. 2020 Golden Globes: What to Expect at the Awards Show Tonight 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Next year, Cruise stars in the sci-fi yarn "Oblivion," playing a repairman fighting aliens on a decimated Earth. Cruise goes back to what he does best in 'Reacher' 2012-12-21T16:19:08Z It was a yarn Mary Shelley would have appreciated. Matt Tyrnauer: Chronicler of Trump’s Mentor Roy Cohn 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Those dyed yarns are put on a weaving machine, or loom. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z When Chandra questions the driver, he refers to the biblical story of Samson and Delilah and talks about Andrea as a destroyer of men, “like she the cat and you the yarn.” ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Cat or the Yarn? 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Hollywood Reporter critic Deborah Young said: “... for sheer topicality, the film is hard to beat, and to find a full-blown entertainment yarn in Cannes ... that’s partially set in newsworthy North Korea is rather astounding.” Korean spy film screens at Cannes while real-world plot thickens 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z From the opening moments of "The Cider House Rules," in its low-tech workshop debut at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, the epic theatrical yarn was something extraordinary. Another visit to Irving's 'Cider House' at Book-It 2010-06-10T20:55:00Z Nashville loves to agonize over what country music should and shouldn’t be, and that’s the tangled yarn ball Paisley’s been spinning on his finger for more than a decade. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders Griffith by way of a "Superman" serial, then quickly becomes a bittersweet family yarn about the putting aside of childhood things. "Toy Story 3": Loads of calculated summer delight! 2010-06-18T00:20:00Z Maybe it's a post-apocalyptic yarn, and the wizarding trio are the last living normal humans, fleeing from the cities overrun with mutant zombies and "Road Warrior" vigilantes. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1": Harry Potter goes dark 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z A silly but amusing yarn about an English dandy who takes charge of a weekly publication in New York and produces campaigning pieces about the slums. Tom Rachman's top 10 journalist's tales 2011-07-27T11:26:31Z I've loved Ron Howard's films since childhood and this is a proper old-fashioned yarn about men and a whale and the elements. Murphy returns as 'street fighting man' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Dear Heloise: I use a large darning needle to weave in the ends of yarn when crocheting. Hints From Heloise: Old magazines need new readers He surrounds one of the dictums with bright stripes and partially embroiders another in pink yarn, but the central image is what registers. In the galleries: Katrina and a tempest of symbols 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Creeks and rivers jut through the landscape like stretched yarn, mixing with soil under crisscrossing tree branches. Black families once lived off their southern farmland. Their descendants are struggling to hold onto it. 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In “October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things,” an enjoyably eerie if overwrought piece, the ensemble adapts yarns plucked from “Fragile Things,” a collection of miscellany by the fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. ‘October in the Chair and Other Fragile Things’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z There are few American novelists writing today who can spin a yarn as winningly. ‘Lucky Us,’ by Amy Bloom, America’s Victor Hugo That is even more so in knit and crocheted items, she said, because the stains are often embedded in the twisted yarn. How to remove a stain from a cherished old baby sweater 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z “The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Sage” is a classic good versus ultimate evil yarn about a group of costumed champions from the 30th century facing one of their greatest enemies: Darkseid. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Janet Evanovich, 'Fables' and More 2010-12-03T18:19:00Z Ms. Bloom does not write deep-dish, straightforward yarns for readers who enjoy conventional drama. ‘Lucky Us’ by Amy Bloom, a Tale of the 1940s 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, silk yarn bursts from the fingertips of trafficked, biohacked Chinese women and they wake up each morning aching to be "reeled". Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell – review 2013-03-24T12:00:01Z She set her simple loom up against the wall of her adobe courtyard and began weaving finely spun yarn through the strands of the warp, adding to an axsu that was nearly finished. In the Mountains of Bolivia, Encounters With Magic 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z But "Sixkill," with its crackling dialogue and compelling story line, is one of the better Spenser yarns of the last decade. Parker's `Sixkill' has compelling story line 2011-05-04T11:24:12Z On the way home, I stopped at a yarn store and picked up some fluffy gray wool that had been harvested from local sheep. He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Set in the Berkshire Downs, where he had grown up, a quiet landscape of grassy hills, farm fields, streams and woodlands west of London, “Watership Down” it was a classic yarn of discovery and struggle. Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Like tourists to Banville's French resort, admirers of traditional detective yarns get what they might have hoped for. A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black ? review 2011-07-07T08:16:57Z These foreign phrases are meant to add verisimilitude to his yarn, and generally they do. Review | Only one sexy couple can stop a Russian spy from taking over the CIA 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z But it works as a lightweight crime yarn at a time of year awash in holly and ivy sentiment that, like fresh snow on a still-warm earth, is celebrated before melting away, forgotten. Viral podcast “Dirty John” goes Bravo: It’s true crime, “Real Housewives”-style 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z When Rose quietly refuses to sell, Preminger cuts back to the longer shot as Julie Ann rises abruptly from her chair and rapidly, almost violently, crosses the frame to reclaim the yarn from Rose’s hands. Video: Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger 2011-05-13T23:13:01Z The travelers hope to alter events in our time to improve things in theirs, though the application of this philosophy is maddeningly inconsistent, which is a logical problem with a lot of time-travel yarns. Review: In ‘Travelers,’ Some Serious Time-Sharing 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Freeway, a former Beanie Sigel protégé, is deep in his element here, spinning yarns, spouting warnings and flaunting skills, all in the hoarsely urgent bark of a guy struggling to be heard at a party. Playlist: Making Mischief Along With the Melodies 2010-02-27T03:47:00Z The fabrications and speculations that these characters spin, in the fine old tradition of wild Irish yarns, come from an awareness that life is short and dangerous and, perhaps worst of all, empty. Theater Review: Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ 2014-04-21T02:00:12Z Maggie, of Blacksburg, Va., was leading her 10th knitting cruise on the Riggin and, for our edification, she had brought samples of her work, helpful handouts and several salty yarns from previous trips. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z She launched her own product line with Lion, featuring yarn that is specifically made for indoor/outdoor use, and she is the author of the book “Crochet with London Kaye.” Perspective | Q&A: London Kaye on the art of crocheting (May 27 | 11 a.m. ET) 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z When I say plots, I mean serials, yarns, cliff-hangers, romances and twisters. Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z When you're done spinning your yarn, do you mind singing some songs or something? 2010-02-16T17:53:00Z But who can resist a yarn that knits up a love triangle smack dab in the snowy wilderness? 50 States, 50 Love Stories 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Many of these unfettered, insane yarns can only be done justice via animation, but even their tragic or frightening recollections are granted a measure of benediction via Judge’s artistic rendering. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It works as a yarn that’s no bigger or grander than it needs to be. Plot Twist! Why 2004 Was a Surprising Year for Movies 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Crime yarn Pain and Gain was the top film in the US and Canada this weekend. Iron Man 3 bests Avengers outside US 2013-04-29T09:23:54Z Lion Brand: This yarn company offers kits, patterns and a virtual session daily on their Facebook page at 12 p.m. Not a crafter? Here’s why you should consider becoming one during the pandemic. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z But the influence of Rice's novel doesn't stop at setting the stage for vampire yarns like "The Lost Boys," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and "True Blood." 11 facts about Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It's a hectic yarn, complete with abductions and poisonings, samurai raids and naval battles. 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet': David Mitchell's Japan-set historical novel 2010-07-16T22:43:00Z Wispy blades are conjured with embroidery yarn dipped into pigment to produce hundreds of lines, usually vertical. In the galleries: An early spring is always welcome 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Ms. Thorne grabbed some pink yarn and began to weave, yanking the thread tight. Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z It's an interminable, momentum-free yarn concerning dodgy east European bank robbers that only serves as a generic chassis on which to bolt the fist fights, shoot-outs, car chases, and random acts of police brutality. The Sweeney – review 2012-06-27T00:38:03Z Then “block” the sweater, which means you arrange it, on the towel, to the original shape, even if that means gently stretching the yarn a bit or squishing the knitted rows closer together. How to remove a stain from a cherished old baby sweater 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z "The red cloth was a very rare commodity and the effort to produce this yarn was painstaking," said Roche, Sotheby's consultant on American Indian art who knew Williams personally. Andy Williams' Navajo blankets set for NYC auction 2012-12-18T17:28:08Z There was a yarn there, too, as befitting the story-generating islands region. In the Thousand Islands, Castles, Cliffs and Contemplation 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The blond tries running through a glade, but her feet become entangled in grasping tree roots — or, as she describes it, “woolly yarn.” Lars von Trier's Melancholia: The End of the World as He Knows It 2011-11-10T18:07:51Z Produced by the Amoralists at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, it’s part science-fiction yarn, part horror tale, part sex farce, part memory play and, briefly, a musical. Review: ‘Nibbler,’ About the Sweet Horrors of Youth 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z As that Metafilter poster predicted, I have never received as much attention for a piece of writing as I have for that yarn about my barroom encounter with a pop star. Richard Marx hates my guts 2013-01-19T00:30:00Z Each shirt is made from up to eight plastic bottles, rescued from landfill sites in Japan and Taiwan, then melted down to produce polyester yarn. Design and the World Cup: Best and Worst 2010-06-27T22:00:00Z SAT Fleece, yarn and finished products from locally raised llamas, alpacas, goats, sheep, and other animals, information, demonstrations, animals, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar 2011-09-15T00:19:04Z But what we get in the end is a richly detailed and enjoyable American yarn, built around a warm and expansive performance by Pitt as Billy Beane, revolutionary general manager of the Oakland Athletics. "Moneyball": Brad Pitt's wonk-friendly Oscar contender 2011-09-23T00:01:00Z “This is a good book of its kind, a rousing, old-fashioned yarn, a saga, the sort of novel, with a cast of thousands, that we generally call ‘sprawling.’ ” David Nevin, Author of Historical Novels, Dies at 83 2011-03-22T23:51:14Z Enormous antique looms were strung with colorful carpet runners; a handsome shop featured elegant pots made by the neighborhood plumber, handmade soaps and lotions, and yarns from local llamas. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z She listens patiently to his long-winded yarns about epic poetry and an idyllic childhood in the Montenegrin hills. In ‘My War Criminal,’ the Bad Guy Controls the Conversation 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Katherine Bernhardt contributes abstract paintings loosely based on Moroccan rugs; James Brown is represented by large handsome watercolor collages on linen; and Tony Cox weighs in with bold, paintinglike embroideries of yarn and canvas. Art In Review: DURO OLOWU: MATERIAL 2012-03-01T22:50:55Z It is the first law of horror yarns that the dead shall rise and the past return to haunt the present. Mama – review 2013-02-21T21:50:02Z The yarn is sourced from two mills in Canada. Inside the workshop with yarn dyer Kate Chiocchio 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The television series about a talking horse, “Mister Ed,” was based on a Liberty “short-short story,” a one-page yarn that was one of several gimmicks Liberty brought to the magazine industry of the time. Robert Whiteman?s Quest to Save Liberty Magazine 2010-04-16T22:50:00Z The silk yarn that forms the cocoons is washed, dyed and eventually woven. Special Report: Cambodia Slowly Reweaves Its Silk Industry 2010-09-22T18:00:00Z Now, I tie a little piece of red yarn around the biggest reds and the darkest purples, because once they drop their petals, I won’t remember what color they were. When moving means uprooting 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z These knitters confess to squirreling away skeins of yarn as if they were disaster supplies. Knitting for the Apocalypse 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Her hands looked as if someone had inserted with a needle green yarn in a complicated pattern over her bones. How getting caught with two cans of Olympia turned teenage Susan Straight into a writer 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Starting at noon, at the table in the conference room, the design team began looking at line sheets and samples of fabric and yarn as they determined what they liked or still needed. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z That “hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn, spaceship yarn,” as science fiction author Wilson Tucker memorably put it when he coined the term in 1941. Review | ‘Dune’ is a classic space opera. Let’s talk about other great works in this genre. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Riffing off of some kernel of knowledge about some historical figure or bygone British custom, she knew how to weave a wonderful yarn. Sugar, spice and everything nice: These southern "tea cakes" are perfect for fall entertaining 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z If we as a people demand collective narrative from legend, we might as well make it a ripping yarn. Doctor Who slays St George 2010-04-21T16:00:00Z As such, they serve as apt tributes to yarns that will always be more formidable on the page than on the screen. Review: ‘Extraordinary Tales,’ Short Films Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Brown, who wrote an exhaustive biography of Diana, certainly knows her material, and how to spin a colorful, at times even credible, yarn from it. Newsweek digs up Princess Diana 2011-06-29T15:46:00Z The problem with interviewing actors, I suggest, is that you can never quite tell when they are spinning you a yarn. Michael Munn: the celebrity biographer reveals all 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z Squeeze the bag very gently and then pull the tip up about an inch, imagining that you are laying a piece of yarn around the cookie. How to Decorate a Sugar Cookie Like a Pro 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z "The Fighter" is a great yarn, full of laughs and unlikely triumphs and bigger-than-life characters, more than it is a docudrama. "The Fighter": From small-town palooka to champion 2010-12-10T01:30:00Z Some of the superfine sweaters were actually a cellophane yarn, he said. On the Runway Blog: Pilati Quietly Makes His Debut at Zegna 2013-06-22T12:52:12Z None of the storytellers could be described as transfixing yarn spinners. | 'Magic Trip': Stoned Archive: Wild Ride Of the Merry Pranksters 2011-08-04T19:00:07Z The sets are loud in a style that announces “The Little Drummer Girl” as a mood piece, not a yarn. “The Little Drummer Girl,” Reviewed: A Fever Dream of Glamourous Espionage 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It is a yarn with plenty of ugliness, sometimes acknowledged by the main players, more often not. A Dramatic Play About Finance? Yes, if It’s Lehman Brothers 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But the yarn and beading were really just another way to jazz up a trench. Fashion Review: Young Designers Lead the Way at London Fashion Shows - Fashion Review 2011-09-21T17:58:26Z I think the reason people would sit at the tables 14 hours a day, for 40 years, isn’t just down to some illusory addiction, but because they love sitting there spinning yarns.” Ryan Reynolds: from buff buffoon to Hollywood heavyweight 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Bright orange nasturtiums and Oregon Sugar peas scramble up a homemade bamboo and yarn trellis. Urban Gardening on the Third Floor 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Is it a sophisticated one, layered with direction and misdirection, subterfuge and secret identities, motivations both hidden and not, like the Agatha Christie yarns it supposedly pastiches? Murder Mystery: the film that asks – what is Jennifer Aniston doing? 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Slub – the accidental knot in the yarn – was not a word I knew and now one I shall cherish. The Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie – review 2013-01-19T19:00:06Z But the welcoming glow that imbues every corner of this nostalgic horse-racing yarn with rich, lambent color comes from within, as if the movie itself is ablaze with its own crazy sense of purpose. "Secretariat": A gorgeous, creepy American myth 2010-10-07T00:30:00Z When the book first came out in England, people said, ‘Jolly good yarn,’ because they’d already had their religious civil war. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has been feared, banned and loved. Now it’s scaring the bejeezus out of us again. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z SAT Sheep shearing, sheepdog demonstrations, sheep and goats on display, sale of local fleece, yarn, textiles, meat, 10 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-08T20:16:15Z She could use six yarn colors at most, to produce three patterns. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Dig looks like something we’ve dug up before: another thriller that spends a lot of time pinning up multicolored string to a corkboard, but never gets around to spinning a good yarn. Review: USA's Dig Is An Unsuccessful Raider of the Lost Arc 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It was tricky to get the yarn through the needle eye. Hints From Heloise: Old magazines need new readers Pascal, her five-month-old standard poodle, would normally be there with her, but today he is at the vet, having swallowed some yarn. The Textile Artist Employing Centuries-Old Practices and Pop Culture Imagery 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z And Henry appears to be giving girl group yarn The Sapphires a qualified thumbs-up: "sugary" would be the key concept here, I understand. Cannes 2012: live blog - day six 2012-05-21T09:32:00Z Strolling or driving through Waitsfield, you can find everything from a pet spa to a glass gallery to a yarn shop and a bookstore. In Vermont, the Lure of Skiing in the Mad River Valley 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Elements of the film’s story also surface — diamonds show up in Episode 2, for example — but this is a yarn built for the long haul, with its own plotlines and characters. Review: ‘Snatch’ and ‘Jack & Dean,’ Rich in Clumsy Criminals 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In addition to spinning some terrific yarns about famous art thefts, Barelli breaks down the three dominant types of art and antiques thieves. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z “It’s like a ball of yarn,” Mr. Reddick said of multiracial, interdenominational research projects like theirs. Antiques 2012-03-29T22:27:47Z But now her side hustle is barely enough to keep her in yarn. Plush toys, jewelry, dance lessons — Broadway’s side hustles 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z “Pixels sitting next to one another create previously unseen colors. They create new neutrals and complex combinations. We are using complex knits of yarns, with bright spots and glows that haven’t been seen before.” The Secret Psychology of Sneaker Colors 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z That gives you an idea of the tone of the whole show: It’s the sort of yarn the brains behind “Tangled” might have come up with in their off hours to amuse themselves. ‘Galavant’ Musical on ABC Has Some Naughty Laughs 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z I sat quietly, hands still, a nest of yarn in my lap. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z What a monstrous disappointment that such a fascinating yarn should end in a banal question about wedding gifts. Is Extra Help Hurting My Friend With Autism? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The low stakes are part of what makes “Normal Gossip” work — each yarn is as inconsequential as it is juicy, a pleasure as fleeting as cotton candy. 6 Podcasts to Make You Feel Good 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z He reflected that in sleek, shiny suits, woven in kimono silk; in the reflective yarn pants; titanium mesh sunglasses; a silver arrow pin at the shoulder and the metallic flashes on shoes. Fashion Review: Louis Vuitton Celebrates the ?City Warriors? 2012-01-19T18:00:08Z Until then, everything in the production, directed by Ron Lagomarsino, conspires to keep you eagerly tied up in its yarn. Review: In ‘Chester Bailey,’ a Case of Physician, Shrink Thyself 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z The group happily skipped through the thicket of yarn and tools. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z After first exploring Ms. Collins’s installation — in which yarns, ropes, carpeting and vintage chairs weave a kind of nest — young participants will use various materials to make their own intimate space. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z His New York solo debut at James Cohan begins, in a side gallery, with things fairly conventional in format: paintinglike abstract pieces, stitched from yarn, of biomorphic forms in grays and browns. Elias Sime Recycles Discarded Objects Into Abstract Works 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The yarn — now about as fine as cashmere — was honed to prevent the fabric from pilling and wind from blowing through. Makers: The Evolution of Fleece, From Scratchy to Snuggie 2011-11-28T15:18:48Z After all, it was Rowling’s popularity that saw “grownup” book covers for kids’ titles become de rigueur for self–conscious commuters seeking a great yarn. Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis? 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Simply put, this is where the fibers become yarn and the yarn becomes fabric. Do You Know Where Your Sweater Came From? 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z A man who’s led a life as eventful as Tyson has no doubt has many fascinating yarns to tell. Mike Tyson’s gross comeback 2012-06-28T12:15:00Z In doing so, they remind us of the richness of human invention that goes into unspooling a cracking good yarn. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ and ‘Murder Ballad’ 2013-05-23T02:00:01Z Peele has already demonstrated that he, like the best American fantasy and sci-fi writers, can tell a ripping good yarn while making larger points about humanity. Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone" in the Trump era 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z There is a basket where I keep my knitting and a ball of yarn. Chairing a Gala While Stuck in Mustique 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z In another piece, again so much less evocative than its referent, she calls to mind the elegant colored yarn installations of Fred Sandback. At Regen Projects, Rachel Harrison showcases the art of self-importance 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z A week after an installment that was more mind game than action yarn, it was back to the run-and-gun style on Monday’s episode of “Blindspot.” ‘Blindspot’ Season 1, Episode 14: Jane Takes a Back Seat 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z “Arthur & George”—his recreation of a real-life mystery taken on by Arthur Conan Doyle that was published in 2005—is as much an excavation of biography and identity as it is a detective yarn. Music and memory 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The scene is both wondrous and absurd, comedic and tragic, and it looks at life at large both from close up and from afar—an outlandish yarn that nonetheless ends with a moral shock. “The Laundromat,” Reviewed: Steven Soderbergh’s Flawed, Thrilling Tale of Financial Greed 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Sometimes it's possible to take a spool of yarn and knit together a stunning creation. '360': Globe-trotting drama trips on character entanglements 2012-08-16T20:59:03Z Since discovering Sayeg in 2008 – and doing a bit of yarn bombing herself, notably a cosy for a garden shed – her work has taken a turn for the woolly. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z Over the week, our car rides featured her backseat-spun yarns that began, “Once upon a time there was a girl named Alice ...“ Journeys: In Germany, on the Grimm Brothers? Fairy Tale Road 2010-06-24T21:07:00Z Each piece is roughly square, made from undyed yarn, in dimensions that match the length of the weaver’s arm. For Ellen Lesperance and Helen Mirra, the message is woven into the art 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z A Few Hungry Writers, Playing Fast and Loose “The Words” is a clever, entertaining yarn that doesn’t bear close scrutiny. Movie Review: ‘The Words,’ With Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Bradley Cooper 2012-09-06T22:03:02Z But first, an abbreviated Weaving 101: two sets of threads or yarns interlace at right angles to produce fabric. Magic and mysteries woven into "The Wheel of Time" main titles 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z He donned an orange yarn wig to sing the part of Kate Monster, a kindergarten teacher looking for romance. How to Follow Your Dreams and Burst Into Song 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z And there beside the T-shirts and shot glasses on the merchandise table will be copies of his debut novel, a thoroughly unexpected sci-fi yarn called — oh, yes — "Magnificent Vibration." Rick Springfield can rock a sci-fi novel too 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z All those chairs are stages from which yarns can be spun. Review: ‘The Color Purple’ on Broadway, Stripped to Its Essence 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Argo's yo-yo awards season ended on an upswing on Sunday as the Tehran yarn clinched the Big Kahuna of movie honours. Oscars 2013: how Argo beat Lincoln 2013-02-25T08:47:00Z Los Angeles helped pioneer noir fiction, so let’s go with a good detective yarn. Read Your Way Around Los Angeles 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Barrymore bumbled through the segment, constantly losing the ends of the yarn. Drew Barrymore Is Keeping It Clean 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The ship is a simple frame, made of reed, and the water is represented by paint, yarn and plastic sheeting. Review | In the galleries: Autobiographical pieces prevail at the Trawick Prize 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Raid the craft cabinet for wooden sticks, paint and yarn, then follow Bellevue Arts Museum’s video instructions for creating this colorful critter at vimeo.com/416261568. Celebrate summer with 5 fun things for kids to do at home | The Weekly Wonder 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z You can bring your own supplies, but there will also be a marketplace to buy new yarn and accessories. Spare Times for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Many first-time crafters choose a cheaper synthetic yarn, but Ms. Herring suggests choosing a natural fiber yarn that will last longer instead. The Art of the Reverse Knit 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The presidential relatives shared their personal recollections and old family yarns. ‘No one talks about that. No, no no!’ At a reunion of presidential descendants, don’t ask about Trump. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z At his nicest Mr. Bowers is a pleasant fellow relating mildly amusing yarns. | 'Beyond Words': ?Beyond Words,? One-Man Show by Bill Bowers - Review 2011-10-19T23:04:39Z “The Death of a Government Clerk,” a short, comic yarn, is engaging to read but, outside of a chuckle or two, offers little to a theatrical audience. Theater Review: ?Chekhovek,? With 9 Chekhov Plays, at ArcLight Theater 2012-02-08T22:18:57Z After listening to various members of the Blum family explain away Alex’s sins, the author realized that they’d all found ways to darn these holes, often with a pretty weak yarn. ‘Ranger Games’ Investigates a Crime and a Soldier’s Mind 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Her son—likely wrapped up in a riveting game of yarn ball with Ser Pounce—wasn’t there to greet her. Game of Thrones Recap: Season 5 Finale 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Cutting a stretch fabric is more complicated, because it doesn’t rest easily on the table; stitching it requires using a yarn with elasticity. Plus-Size Wars 2010-07-29T15:41:00Z Later, in midlife, Tony comes into possession of this letter, and begins pulling the strings of memory's yarn ball to get to what he hopes will be a kernel of truth. Facts not what they appear in Barnes' novella 2011-10-26T21:52:03Z Fellow non-white knitters shared stories of facing racism in yarn stores and at fiber festivals and events. 'Knitting is political': how Trump forced the craft community to confront racism 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The dyeing process, the way color takes to yarn, is both a science and an art. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The sculptures of Judith Scott, cocoonlike bundles of yarn, fabric and found objects, look perfectly on-trend in their devotion to fiber art and assemblage. Wrapped in Complexity 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z There was a yarn store called Fiber next to an antiques store advertising itself as a nostalgic journey. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Use a darning needle and colored yarn to stitch craft paper together and elevate your wrapping game. Is Tinsel Canceled? 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Parkes writes that she became “a yarn evangelist” who traveled in search of her congregation. ‘Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World’ review 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The process starts with bundles of silk yarn. Review | Are these the most beautiful textiles in the world? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The images are not screen prints, but meticulous recreations of the originals in seven different shades of yarn. Portraits of Tupac and Biggie Receive the Luxury Treatment 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Practice with yarn “flies” and cast them into Hula Hoop “targets” lying in a field. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Seemingly random vignettes of pedestrians, of wry graffiti, of urban minutiae play under Wilson’s narration, and suddenly what was a mess of roving is now a beautiful strand of yarn. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z What I love about yarn bombing," says Sayeg, "is that you can knit something in 30 minutes. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z In this instance it is a grandmother who is spinning yarns. Dictator-lit: Saddam Hussein tortured metaphors, too 2011-03-31T15:17:36Z They are both, that is to say, resounding testaments from British dramatists to the particular power of live theater to spin a yarn that ties an audience in knots. For ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Escaped Alone,’ Connecting Threads in London 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z But Yocum constructs a madcap yarn around this epicenter of economic depression, shifting narrators across a handful of quirky, hard-bitten residents. Is there a cure for Rust Belt rhetoric? This witty little novel might be a start. 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Here are seven articles that will mentally transport you off the grid or into a great yarn. 7 Great Reads to Distract You From the Election 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In total, the team made 105 custom colored dyes for the yarn using yellow, brown, pink and deep purple, the blog said. Joanna Gaines reveals fall theme for Magnolia brand despite year of 'disruptions' 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z They pummel, pelt, claw, push and punch with weapons that include fists, fingernails, yarn and a bouquet of roses. | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z Melville again, this time spinning the yarn of three trenchcoated tough guys out to rip off a jewelry store and the police inspector hot on their trail. Stream These Ultra-Cool Heist Movies 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z He had to find suppliers who could dye the yarn; weave the flannel; finish and nap it; and finally, cut and sew the fabric into shirts. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z S. Jonathan Bass’s 40-year yarn of freedom politics and Southern justice in Bessemer, Ala., proves there is much more we need to remember. The Civil Rights Stories We Need to Remember 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The complicated plot, divided between two love stories that turn out to have an unusual connection, threatens to get a little too diffuse and unravel like a ball of yarn rolling off a knitter’s lap. ‘Bright Star’ Is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Her “King of the Yees,” a kaleidoscopic yarn inspired by her dad, played at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City in July. The 99-Seat Beat: When words and governments go on the fritz 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Dorey-Stein provides a refreshing look at a maligned slice of real estate and spins a diverting yarn about friendship and family. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z "I never prayed or fasted on Yom Kippur," said my father in his lilting Yiddish yarn voice. Why my father fasted on Yom Kippur: On survival, memory, and the power of a family story 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It is Friel's ability to spin a great yarn that draws the reader in from the start and never lets up. 'The Barefoot Bandit': the one-man crime wave of Colton Harris-Moore 2012-03-30T20:42:04Z Bill, thinking his brother has been murdered, re- turns to Oklahoma, and for a while Mr. Nelson lets the story percolate along as a pleasantly comic “ivory-tower intellect rediscovers real life” yarn. | 'Leaves of Grass': Edward Norton as Good-Bad Twins 2010-09-17T06:13:00Z Jess Richards spins a memorable yarn about how "escape is possible, even from the darkest places". Snake Ropes by Jess Richards – review 2013-01-19T19:00:04Z Their yarns remained fixed in the oral tradition, and in general, writers directed their attention elsewhere. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z A common misconception is that the women are supposed to pull the yarn out of the wheel’s innards and wind it around their hands. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z When washing more delicate yarns such as wool, merino, alpaca and cashmere, be careful. What’s the best laundry detergent? We asked 5 experts. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z It's much more than a ripping yarn liberally peppered with earthquakes, typhoons, potions, portents, secret scrolls, beautiful courtesans and evil abbots because Mitchell is such a good writer. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews 2011-07-15T21:55:06Z Be that as it may, "Captain America" is exactly what the third week of July needed: a curiously fun, surprisingly imaginative and unashamedly old-fashioned yarn of skulduggery and adventure. "Captain America": A patriotic surprise from the comic-book past 2011-07-21T00:30:00Z Now, am I claiming that "Going the Distance" is a Zeitgeist-capturing yarn of love in our hookup culture, one that may capture the mood of an entire generation? "Going the Distance": Can Drew Barrymore save the rom-com? 2010-09-03T11:01:00Z Drinking heavily, smoking four packs a day, treating potential investors with haughty disdain, Sturges even botched his own autobiography, delivering what Smedley and Tom Sturges call “an interminable volume of schoolboy memories and rambling yarns.” Review | What happened to the film career of Preston Sturges? His son investigates. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Remaining are plaster dust, piles of yarn and torn patterns on the panels. Review | In the galleries: David X Levine uses pencils to put a new spin on an Old Master 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Indigo — perhaps the most common natural dye — is frequently used not only on textiles, yarn and dried flowers, but also on stacks of books and to print images from gay weeklies. 2010-02-12T00:02:00Z Burns calls on one of the oldest stories in the Christmas playbook: the yarn about a riven family trying to patch itself together for one holiday season. The war on Christmas movies 2012-12-08T17:00:00Z It is likely to remind you variously of “Independence Day,” “Armageddon,” “War of the Worlds” and assorted other space-based yarns. Movie Review: Aliens Fight Heroic Earthlings in ?Battleship? 2012-05-17T21:13:08Z “I offer the narrative,” he declares, “not so much as a detective yarn as a love story.” The Secrets of Vera Caspary, the Woman Who Wrote "Laura" 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Slates were noisy when dropped on desks, so some manufacturers wrapped the edges in yarn or fabric and sold them as “noiseless” slates. During the 1918 flu pandemic, at-home learning meant little schoolwork 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “It was a ripping yarn, tales of derring-do,” he said. Mike Myers Tries Directing a Documentary 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The original story, which is credited to both Martin and Brickell, is apparently inspired in part by an actual event, though I'm afraid that doesn't make this improbable yarn any easier to buy. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z “I believe in the healing power of yarn,” she said. Not a crafter? Here’s why you should consider becoming one during the pandemic. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z To overanalyze, however, is to risk discounting the visceral power of a good yarn. Theater Review: ‘The Weir’ at Irish Repertory Theater 2013-05-27T21:24:29Z What a ripping good yarn it is, too, and from the very start, Tucker and his associates go to smart lengths to warm spectators to the Dashwoods’ plights. This is how you bring Jane Austen to the stage 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s a comedy and a drama, a mystery and a fish-out-of-water yarn, a piece of small-town sociology and probably a romance. Did Daisy Haggard Create the Next ‘Fleabag’? Not Exactly 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z In short, “Imperial Twilight” is a ripping yarn. The Opium War and the Humiliation of China 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z "Kooky and eccentric" is also a good description of Magda Sayeg, the Texas woman credited with starting the yarn bombing movement. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z In this impressively bleak London crime yarn, Statham’s fearsome hooligan Brant is introduced decking a street gang with a hurling stick. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The resulting blend in this sweater uses a plated construction, which accommodates two yarns in one knit: durable, naturally water-repellent merino wool for the outside, luxe cashmere on the inside. From Goggles to Binding, Ski Gear Gets an Upgrade 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z According to studio estimates Sunday, Universal Pictures' action yarn inspired by the fairy-tale princess debuted strongly at No. 1 with $56.3 million domestically. 'Snow White' puts bite on box office with $56.3M 2012-06-03T19:26:09Z Since “Loving Day” is Johnson’s follow-up to his celebrated 2011 novel, “Pym” — a brazen fusion of academic satire and two-fisted Arctic adventure yarn — the truth is likely to be very strange indeed. “You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z “The Fog” is more spooky yarn than streamlined scream machine; it’s the sort of crowd pleaser best enjoyed with an audience. In ‘The Fog,’ Made After ‘Halloween,’ Seafaring Zombies Arrive 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z It isn’t really a full-blown conspiracy theory, but more what Tom Sawyer might have called a stretcher — the kind of yarn it might be fun to pretend to believe. ‘Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood’ Review: OK, Boomer 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z I’ve also learned the yarn of a generation of reckless social media practitioners is more stereotype than insight. Eric Schmidt's Disappearing Internet And The Millennial Test 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Plus, Older Kid normally would have had a small job to earn spending money for these goods — in her case, fancy hand-dyed yarn. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to stop wishing the worst for the former love of your life? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z People in that income bracket aren’t leveraging their credit card debt by buying skeins of yarn or sewing machines and fabric. "Making It" and the bittersweet economics of crafting culture 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z You’re left thinking that the most interesting stuff was what happened immediately after “the discovery,” the part of the yarn that the film skips over. Review: ‘The Discovery’ of an Afterlife, Then the Suicides 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The younger women worked the 75-gallon tanks, dyeing about 25 pounds of yarn a day into shades of deep red or green. The Virus Won’t Revive F.D.R.’s Arts Jobs Program. Here’s Why. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Sitting in the spare Capitol Hill storefront, surrounded by mounds of yarn and fabric strands in a multitude of grays and silvers, she seems like a shopkeeper presenting her wares. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z In Britain, there’s a run on supplies as the Prince of Wales rallies influencers to boost yarn crafts. Knitting for the Apocalypse 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z It’s a captivating yarn, but unfortunately Arden’s telling of it lacks the desperate ferocity and pace you’d expect from a woman trying to clear her name. Review: ‘The Magician’s Lie’ by Greer Macallister is a spellbinding tale 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z And once you’ve finished them, once the rather crude string has suggested the ideal form, you may find yourself impatient with the physicality of the yarn. Fred Sandback, creating lines and defying boundaries at the Glenstone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Use a yarn that is similar to the garment. Forget fast fashion! Six ways to bring clothes back to life – from darning to stain removal 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Each scarf, made from a soft cotton-acrylic-blend yarn with a diamond pattern, is signed by the artisan. Browsing: Scouting Report 2010-09-29T22:35:00Z Maybe that was for the best, but on the other hand, why not set him up with a ghostwriter and a vanity press and let the yarns rip? Review: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Answers Questions You May Not Have Asked 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z In the background, behind Rose, we see the little boy, unnoticed by the two women, tangling himself up in the now forgotten yarn, ready to burst into tears. Video: Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger 2011-05-13T23:13:01Z They begin to talk, Rose holding a hank of yarn as Julie Ann begins to spin it into a ball, the violet cord between them suggesting the strength of their mother-daughter connection. Video: Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger 2011-05-13T23:13:01Z A renegade on the open road spins a yarn about a dustup with the sheriff—“Have a Good Day Sir” may be closer to a cowboy ballad than the Garden thinks. Listening Booth: “Have a Good Day Sir,” by the Garden 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z At other times, using a thick, lengthy string of yarn with umbilical/spiderweb qualities, they wrap and unwrap Cabeen, blurring the boundaries between capture and embrace. Cabeen’s ‘Fire!’: cool but cryptic 2013-01-18T17:46:29Z What CBS got, and what viewers are clearly getting, is a carefully constructed weekly yarn, not unlike “The Prince and the Pauper” — minus the Twain wit. ?Undercover Boss? Is Surprise Reality Show Hit for CBS 2010-03-19T22:42:00Z For a more rustic look, there’s the Ozarks Caddy, made of reclaimed yarn boxes from textile mills. Tools and accessories for a well-outfitted fireplace 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The Minnesota band gives a rollicking energy to the cinematic yarn of “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.” Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Instead, I pursued the loopy paths that unspooled like tangled yarn. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan They include Guise, a luminous fabric made partly from chenille yarns, and Forest, an intensely colorful wall covering based on his installation “Architectural Forest.” Nick Cave for the Home 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z In the same year, Pitt landed the part of a German double agent posing as a cafe waitress in the popular second world war yarn, Where Eagles Dare. Ingrid Pitt obituary 2010-11-24T14:40:00Z But elsewhere, "Dying of the Light" is, regrettably, a routine espionage yarn, bluntly prosaic instead of filmmaker-poetic. 'Dying of the Light': Prosaic, not poetic 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Christopher Nolan's space yarn enjoyed an epic lift-off, making almost as much between Friday and Sunday as the rest of this week's Top 10 did altogether. Interstellar blasts off at UK cinemas 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z These subtler undercurrents – and the murder investigation – prevent the show from becoming a standard yarn about the undead. The hottest French TV of 2013: The Returned 2013-05-25T08:00:00Z The mill, which opened in 1905, produced fine yarn, and the village was designed as a planned community with company stores, walkways and green spaces. North Carolina gets ready for 'Hunger Games' fans 2012-03-21T16:09:14Z Older Kid can dye her own yarn, maybe, lowering your costs and increasing her range. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to stop wishing the worst for the former love of your life? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Lanky, with a boisterous laugh and a surfer's languid speech patterns, Baldwin is all Made in California — and a natural spinner of yarns. L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Will it help to know this has as much ambiguity as all those other yarns, even if it is ficitional? American Crime: the first must-watch TV show of 2016 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Yes, arts and crafts supplies — about 1,300 yards of yarn, 10,500 googly eyes and 5,300 socks for theatergoers to use to make their own sock puppets before the show. These two artistic directors collaborate on the stage and in life 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Arthur Bryant has written his memoirs — and a jolly good yarn they make, too. Buried by Snow or Stuffed in a Suitcase: The Bodies Add Up in Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He can’t chase a ball of yarn, but he can pour a cup of tea. New Picture Books Bring Dogs and Cats to Life, Hilariously 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z And then, though he was the only one who really didn’t belong there, he chose to commandeer all of the table conversation, regaling us with his inimitable yarns. Your wife is the worst 2012-10-26T23:30:00Z That included a dress of cashmere knitted together with soluble yarn that, when it dissolved in the wash, produced geometric openwork that looked absolutely original. Special Report: Diversity and Irony 2010-02-23T18:30:00Z But he points out that the wool that Karastan used to make its yarn — imported from New Zealand — lacks the luster of that used in the Middle East and Asia. The End of the Wonder Rug 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Franken — who moves effortlessly from inside-showbiz yarns to political ones — is less deadpan offstage than on, with a slightly quicker delivery, puncturing many sentences with a booming laugh that sounds like a baritone quack. For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy Clubs 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z It is a global phenomenon, with yarn bombers taking their brightly colored fuzzy work to Europe, Asia and beyond. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z The show’s complex interplay of irony and agony is as formidable as that garment’s interweaving of yarn and leather. “Halal in the Family”: The Sitcom We Need 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “They were the old storytellers, the master glassblowers who taught me and other children the craftsmanship, the art, of spinning fantastic yarns,” Mr. Fo recalled in his Nobel speech. Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Italian Playwright, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z A museum showcases bright yarn paintings by an early innovator. Datebook: Art about play, colorful yarn paintings, shows of abstraction and boogeymen 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The bunny tails are made out of yarn. New TV shows dial up style 2011-09-21T19:22:03Z Back then, "Cider House" was a revelation — a vivid epic, steeped in the grand Victorian novel tradition of colorful yarn laced with social concern. Review: A pleasing revisit of 'The Cider House Rules' 2010-06-17T22:48:00Z And with every shoe pointed outward, as if restrained by the lengths of taut yarn, it shares an emotion about her own ties to Japan after moving to Germany. Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota’s exhibit at the Sackler shows that shoes tell a story “Suddenly there was yarn and fiber and mess all over the house,” Chiocchio said. Inside the workshop with yarn dyer Kate Chiocchio 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z There’s a magical quality to the yarn, as if it often possessed a soft fuzzy glow. E3: 'Unravel' ties together loss, loneliness and heart with one yarn doll 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Every piece of developable land is spoken for, often by high-rise apartment buildings, while unsightly high-tension wires crisscross the hilltops like skeins of yarn. Seeing Korea through his parents’ eyes Lockwood, an assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama, has a keen eye for a good yarn, and there are enthralling glimpses here of individual lives buffeted by the American Revolution. The Evil Repercussions of the American Revolution 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z A top that looked as if it was made of a loosely knit yarn was, in fact, made of 50 yards of chiffon. Jason Wu: Knitting at Tse 2010-09-16T17:08:00Z At the same time, it should be clear that the show is not a huge downer but is about resilience and our shared humanity — and it pulses with the power of a good yarn. His Shows Take On Big Issues. They’re Also Good Yarns. 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z On a chilly December day, Miss Russ sat down at my table to refill my unsweetened tea and share a few good Hurston yarns. Cultured Traveler: Zora Neale Hurston?s Florida 2010-03-31T18:01:00Z The Dunk and Egg books, of which there are three, are rambunctious yarns that would make for captivating standalone adventures. Tales of Tyrion: what could a Game of Thrones spin-off series look like? 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z New in paperback: the Seattle writer spins a yarn that intertwines the stories of a runaway slave with that of a young lawyer in 21st-century Manhattan. NW books | ‘There. Here.,’ ‘Cruel Beauty,’ ‘The House Girl,’ ‘The Ascendant’ 2014-02-03T22:44:39Z Mikyla Creates made these adorable tasseled rings with just some yarn, beads, and a pair of scissors. The easiest thing you're making this Thanksgiving 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z This atmosphere of seriousness, essential to such yarns, is brillantly captured in The Fabled Coast by the neutral, matter-of-fact manner of the telling. The Fabled Coast by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood - review 2012-08-03T21:55:09Z There were some bouncing, big yarn pompoms and winged skull caps with a beanie top, drawing a thin line from the court of Mary, Queen of Scots to the court of the influencer. The Glamour Cure 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z How this critic falls in with London vampires is a good dark yarn simply staged by Laura Giannarelli in the Stage Guild’s headquarters, the Undercroft Theatre at the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. Vampire-friendly critic in ‘St. Nicholas’ has the right kind of bite 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z He's on stage for the entire production, providing most of the dialogue and drawing you into his yarn with sincerity, guile, bravado or pathos, whatever the moment calls for. Review: 'Shipwrecked!' is an almost-true tale 2011-05-12T19:00:05Z Rapha’s Merino socks are great, as they are made in a heavier yarn for increased insulation. | Paul Smith 2012-03-12T18:50:43Z A flat spoon-shaped piece from 1993 is covered with tufts of multicolored yarn, as it were sprouting flowers. Judith Scott’s Enigmatic Sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z "Black Swan" sometimes has the buzz and chill of a classic horror film, and definitely contains elements of a clinical, Hitchcockian yarn about a nutso girl who damages other people and herself. "Black Swan": Even better than you've heard 2010-12-03T01:30:00Z When was the last time yarn for flannel was dyed here? the men were asked. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “Benji” is strong, cultish stuff, full of its own stink, full of stories about death and much, much smaller things; the stanzas are long and the yarns circular. New Music: Albums From Sun Kil Moon and Robert Ellis 2014-02-10T22:49:08Z How to tell a good yarn but not be yoked to it structurally? Dance Review: ?Story/Time? by Bill T. Jones at Montclair State - Review 2012-01-22T21:59:44Z According to Ms. Berger, having a swimsuit manufactured at Tailored Industry costs about $65, not including the yarn she provides — comparable to the price she paid for production in Los Angeles. What Makes a Bathing Suit So Expensive? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Each piece is made from a super-soft cotton blend produced by mills in Japan, Korea and China from organic and recycled yarns. Five Brands Offering Easy, Elegant Loungewear 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z It took years, she said, to find the right mills to develop the yarn she was looking for, and she still tries to inspect every piece to maintain quality control. Inside the workshop with yarn dyer Kate Chiocchio 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Each tribute takes the form of a vignette made from bits of colored paper, wood, yarn, paint and so on. Art in Review: DEVIN TROY STROTHER: ?The Me and You, Your Mother and Maybe Even Your Cousin Too & The Hey Sister, Soul Sister Go Sister, Woah Sister.? 2011-09-15T21:15:09Z There are a few guffaws in hearing Cage deliver thee-and-thou dialogue and in watching Perlman play yet another beefy fellow in a supposedly creepy yarn, but not nearly enough. "Season of the Witch": Nicolas Cage's ludicrous medieval mashup 2011-01-06T02:02:00Z “Master and Commander” was certainly that kind of picture, a vivid, turbulent ripping yarn about naval warfare in the Napoleonic era, and “The Way Back,” though quieter, is no less consequential stuff. Film: He?s Fought His Own Way Back to Work 2011-01-09T02:13:01Z Mr. Bradbury himself — who for years had a remarkable self-imposed regimen, producing at least one short story a week — saw the strange and miraculous everywhere, and mastered the art of spinning them into enduring yarns. An Appraisal: Ray Bradbury, Who Made Science Fiction Respectable 2012-06-07T02:58:01Z “Construction is eliminated, letting the yarn itself do all the shaping,” the designers explained. Live music and deconstructed knitwear at Proenza Schouler 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z You’ll find fabrics, yarn, thread, patterns, notions and sewing machines arranged in a fresh modern setting. Destination Design: Leesburg The reader is opened up to a ripping yarn and wholesome uplifting fare about the human spirit. 'The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica' doesn't quite deliver on the glitter of its premise 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The tale of the Little Lad is a yarn only the internet could spin. The Little Lad? Berries and Cream? Call It Performance Art. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Here she tries again, sticking to the improvisation-based relationship yarn but moving up in budget and in star quality. Best of Toronto: Oscar candidates and indie breakouts 2011-09-16T00:30:00Z Mr. Fierstein paused to admire a small picture, embroidered from unraveled sock yarn by Ray Materson, who made many of his works while incarcerated. Laura Linney Feels the Love at Her Broadway Opening 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Mr. King, a fan of Walter Mosley’s historical crime novels, took full advantage of the setting, in the heart of Acadiana, to spin an atmospheric yarn around the facts. Gilbert King on His Pulitzer-Winning ‘Devil in the Grove’ 2013-04-24T21:49:56Z And, assuming this production can find some stronger roots on Devon Avenue, it's also a thumping good Chicago yarn that requires no pretension to grasp. 'The Detective's Wife' probes the limits of protection 2011-06-02T19:05:39Z “We dye yarn for shirting every day. Just a different type,” he said. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z That most durable of holiday yarns, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, is the most encored, adapted and renovated holiday story on the American stage. Review: Seattle Public Theater production catches us up with Jacob Marley 2010-12-16T21:52:16Z The yarn seemed to have been written by a team who thought the Generation Z audience did not know who Aretha Franklin was. The Scandalous Dullness of MTV’s First Post-Millennial V.M.A.s 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z “The Kitchen” is full of incident; though its complex yarns unspool in a narrative middle ground without stylistic flair or psychological depth, they’re nonetheless engrossing. “The Kitchen,” Reviewed: An Engrossing Mob-Wife Drama That’s Relegated to a Table Read 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z That sharp, unsparing language was what we sought on Ben Bulben, coupling as it does the wildness of Ireland’s mountains with the tangled narratives of myth and yarn spun by her great literary masters. Climbing the summits of Irish literature As with all of Reichardt’s movies, this one obeys its own rhythms and rhymes, treating viewers not just to an engaging yarn, but to something more contemplative and poetic. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Anderson's yarn arrived at the New York film festival confidently billed as one of the prizes of the autumn season, buttressed by an all-star cast and exciting instant talk of Oscar glory. Inherent Vice review: a free range freak-out for California dreamers 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Dear Readers: Here are uses for leftover yarn: Hints From Heloise: Called to distraction To help illustrate the theme in the Magnolia retail shop in Waco, Texas, the company’s display team featured custom hand-dyed yarns and fabrics throughout the store. Joanna Gaines reveals fall theme for Magnolia brand despite year of 'disruptions' 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The epigraph to Young Romantics is taken from something Keats wrote of his circle in 1817: "The web of our Life is of mingled yarn." Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z Looks for next winter included knitwear, such as a chunky striped poncho with layers of different yarns, and dresses in stretchy velour etched with prints from 20th century British artist J.H. Mulling buyback, Stella McCartney unveils deconstructed suits 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z In some carpets, the tufts of yarn are spaced much more densely than in others. The cost-conscious consumer’s guide to buying carpet 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z This might explain the increasing desire of councils and art institutions to commission yarn bombers to create official works of art. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z Beer-lover Brown is charmingly modest about the tenuous nature of some of his evidence, but he spins a stoutly colourful yarn, and ends with some bracing scepticism about the modern "heritage industry". Christmas gifts 2012: the best stocking-filler books 2012-11-28T13:00:03Z But it was the wedding gown - a kimono knit out of thick white yarn into intricate mosaic patterns - that took the audience's breath away and best showcased Rolland's impressive technical know-how. Call the chauffeur: Paris designers ban walking 2011-07-06T00:58:11Z The needles and yarn became Mr. Daley’s signatures, second only to his newly minted gold medal. Tom Daley Is All-Around Gold 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The program included classes, lectures and displays of artisanal yarns for sale, with names like Flower Child and Atomic Skunk. A Knitting Weekend Escape at Mohonk Mountain House 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In August, Belfast was comprehensively yarn bombed at the instigation of Craft Northern Ireland, a government-backed organisation supporting the craft industry. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z Under the direction of the mill’s owner, Aaron Feuerstein, a team of engineers wound superfine polyester yarn into a dense fabric resembling terry cloth, only lighter. Makers: The Evolution of Fleece, From Scratchy to Snuggie 2011-11-28T15:18:48Z And here’s looking at Mr. Carr, who has written a clever yarn. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Last year, one high-end shopping mall featured a display of life-sized mannequins sitting around a fireplace, each entirely covered in pink-and-purple yarn. My atheist Christmas in China 2013-12-24T00:00:00Z Soon, the company hired her to yarn bomb around a new Brooklyn store location. Yarn Bombing Hits the High Street 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The other: the American Gothic tale, which plumbs the mysteries of the national landscape and psyche in spooky rural yarns — a genre perfected by scribes ranging from Washington Irving to Flannery O'Connor. Review: Rep's 'The K of D' is stronger on acting and atmosphere, than on spooky suspense or small-town reality 2011-01-22T01:06:04Z It’s just yarn; there’s a few buttons holding everything together. What They Wore for Their Kusama Art Selfies 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Having written four books and co-authored three on the most famous supergroup in pop music history, Lewisohn knows a thing or 20 million about the Beatles, but he can also tell a good yarn. Top 5 music books: Beatles, Morrissey, Elvis — plus 1 more 2013-12-13T20:57:09Z It's almost an overdose of Oscar-readiness, and how audiences will respond to this gruesome and psychedelic yarn remains to be seen. Early Oscar odds: "Inception" vs. "Social Network" 2010-10-21T11:01:00Z Wool, mohair and other yarns are washed by hand and combed with thistles. Cultured Traveler: Beyond the Vines in Rioja, Spain 2012-10-19T17:23:02Z He spun a very simple yarn that was rife with delicious satire, making fun of all of us. Nick Offerman on 'great scam artist' Tom Sawyer and his favorite writers 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z In a letter home he described this “capital chap”— of Polish origin — as “a man of travel and experience in many parts of the world,” with “a fund of yarns.” Review | The literary tastemaker who helped bring Joseph Conrad and E.M. Forster to light 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Yet if this were just a yarn, it would eventually unravel. Review: Death Is a Two-Way Door in ‘The Thin Place’ 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Another obsessed-fan yarn, Misery, saw her cast as James Caan’s agent, and initiate the search for him when the novelist goes missing. Lauren Bacall: a career in clips 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Kate Jenkins, a local artist who got her start designing knitwear for Marc Jacobs, spent a month — and 11 pounds of yarn — creating the room. T Magazine: Knitty Gritty 2012-01-04T21:59:13Z Incest, murder, cannibalism – fairytales spin a dark yarn. Cornelia Funke's top 10 fairytales 2011-07-06T11:38:18Z It's always a good yarn, but you get the feeling it hankers to be something more. Treasure Island - review 2011-07-14T16:17:23Z Superficially an exciting nautical adventure yarn, the subtle, psychological fable centres on a party of Victorian children, captured by Caribbean pirates on their way to England, who send their accidental captors to the gallows. A High Wind in Jamaica ? DVD review 2011-08-13T23:15:01Z “It’s pretty obvious without newspapers around to cite, TV news would just be Wolf Blitzer endlessly batting a ball of yarn around,” said Oliver. John Oliver Teams Up With Celebrities to Save Print Journalism 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z There are yarns from decades ago, when fields of opium poppies colored the hillsides and the heroin trade fueled lawlessness and rogue armies. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Some scholars claim that "Great Expectations" is perhaps Dickens' most autobiographical yarn — not literally, but intrinsically. Book-It stages 'Great Expectations' 2011-02-10T20:55:04Z But it's such an entertaining yarn — and, at ACT, a real feast for the eyes, too. A steamy, riveting 'Indemnity' at ACT 2011-10-29T21:45:05Z Looks for next winter included knitwear, such as a chunky striped poncho with layers of different yarns, and dresses in stretchy velour etched with prints from 20th century British artist J.H. Mulling buyback, Stella McCartney unveils deconstructed suits 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z And both have always appreciated a good yarn. Music Review: Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet at Montclair State 2013-05-12T21:34:28Z Also included are yarn shopping and a trunk show at Sommerfuglen in Copenhagen and a private tour of the Shetland Museum on the British island for which it is named. A Knitting Weekend Escape at Mohonk Mountain House 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But after a promising start the script lets him down, and the film turns into a predictable midlife-crisis yarn. Review: ‘Ordinary World’ Puts Billie Joe Armstrong in the Bland Lane 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The panel will include Rob Delmont, director of sales and marketing at the Skacel Collection Inc., a yarn distributor based in Kent. Make room for men at Vogue Knitting LIVE in Bellevue 2014-03-12T20:32:36Z Sometimes we amble along listening to fieldwork yarns, other times the way is steeper, requiring more concentration to absorb complex ideas. What Made Our Species Unique: Walking 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z But the time frame does allow the show to borrow actual historical tension and off-screen characters while spinning a yarn free of smartphones or online technology. ‘The Americans’ With Keri Russell as a K.G.B. Agent 2013-01-24T17:00:00Z “I just wanted to draw in the air,” she said, using black yarn especially to create dense webs in works such as “Stairway” and “Trace of Memory.” Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota’s exhibit at the Sackler shows that shoes tell a story Yes, the saleswoman at Purl, the yarn store in SoHo, remembered me from another visit and asked me to describe again my needlepoint project “because I remember that it’s something really awesome.” Conducting a Field Test on Pheromones 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Shepard's fond yarns of his Midwest youth tread a fine line between wryness and sentimentality. Review: 'A Christmas Story' on stage will please fans of the movie 2010-12-10T22:43:00Z The result of his efforts has, more often than not, produced entertaining and absurdist yarns examining the peculiar, particular and problematic ethos of the Me Generation. T.C. Boyle’s New Novel Looks Into the Mind of a Chimpanzee 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z SAT-SUN Five sheep farms in Jefferson County open with spinning and shearing demonstrations, tour, yarn and fiber products sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar 2012-09-12T23:18:03Z Brown's enthralling yarns, which intertwine plausible-sounding conspiracy theories with life-or-death treasure hunts and the resonating weight of art history, are incredibly popular. Dan Brown on his 'hurtful' reviews 2013-05-20T11:56:46Z Gopnik knows how to turn on the charm, as he does in a well-practiced yarn about losing the bottom half of his one fine suit. Adam Gopnik on the charms and struggles of being a young writer in New York 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Welcome to the world of graffiti knitting, or yarn bombing as it's generally known. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z And as the ensemble members flit among an innumerable assortment of roles and personas, they sometimes suggest campfire ghost-story spinners who startle themselves with the persuasiveness of their own creepy yarns. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z She is an author who seems to put story first, more interested in delivering a good old-fashioned yarn than in trying to impress you with literary pyrotechnics. If you enjoy Netflix’s ‘The Time in Between,’ you’ll love María Dueñas’s new novel 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z His inventory is mostly in pricey yarns, and he produces orders as close to delivery as possible so as not to get stuck with a glut of any given style. All He Touches Turns to Cashmere 2013-01-30T21:39:25Z Yet when Lu takes off for the islands and the narrative seems to veer from relationship drama to adventure yarn, its searching, yearning mood at last takes hold. ‘Dirt Music’ Review: Damaged Lovers and Dreamy Landscapes 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Naomi Wallace’s ambitious historical drama is a complex sea yarn of brutality, loss, love, revenge and redemption, in the context of the transatlantic slave trade among Africa, England and the U.S. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z Next to it are two neatly stacked towers of plastic bins filled with yarn of varying thicknesses and textures, roughly sorted by color: beiges, blues, earthy rusts and corals. The Textile Artist Employing Centuries-Old Practices and Pop Culture Imagery 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z I sampled local kale pesto and caressed local yarn. In Ohio’s Cuyahoga River Valley, biking along the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath For those who like a good romantic yarn, it's a must. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z That means "Sex/Life" is testing our tolerance to quite a degree with eight hour-long episodes centered on the tried-and-true "bored suburban housewife embarks on a sexual journey" yarn. "Sex/Life": Netflix's best worst raunchy ride of this summer is 50 shades of oy vey 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Companies seem to be attracted to the retro handcrafted cheeriness of yarn. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z Now, loaded down with Emmy Awards and critical acclaim, “Homeland” begins a second season that inherently makes that balance between psychological thriller and cloak-and-dagger yarn harder to maintain. The TV Watch: Two Faces of National Security on ‘Homeland’ 2012-09-27T12:49:42Z The book borrows from the vernacular of street graffiti and half-jokingly positions yarn bombing as an illicit alternative for knitters bored making yet another Christmas sweater. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z In the human-puppet dynamic on the show, they were the grownups, basically, and the puppets—little noisy maniacs made of yarn and felt, these birds and monsters who mesmerized and amused us—were the kids. Here’s to Bob, Luis, Gordon, and the “Sesame Street” Grownups 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s about a onetime traveling salesman who spins exaggerated yarns about his colorful past in small-town Alabama. 5 things to do this week in Phinney Ridge 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Now the yarn is ready to take on some color. Do You Know Where Your Sweater Came From? 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z “He just spun a yarn and I totally fell for it,” Ms. Samuels said. Plan B: a Front Porch Wedding 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “Joker” is the comic-book “Green Book,” twisting history for the sake of a yarn. “Joker” Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Where a traditionally good yarn pulls the listener effortlessly along, the fibres of Scooter’s stories gradually unravel into wayward puffs of wool. The Podcast That Tells Ingeniously Boring Bedtime Stories to Help You Fall Asleep 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z And at the center of it all sat H. H. Holmes, a frail little man in a prison cell spinning yarns for the press and sending investigators on wild-goose chases. The making of the White City Devil: How H.H. Holmes became a serial killer legend 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Her father was a spinner of yarns, Sophie’s daughter reminds her on a video call. ‘A Castle for Christmas’ Review: Deck the Halls With Expensive Tartans 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z She yanked a length of sparkling pink yarn around a wooden shuttle and wove it back and forth across a loom. Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z “You have to raise those fibers out of the yarn. Get it to be a little bit fuzzy, if you will. Not like a blanket. We just wanted to tickle it a little bit.” The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z A gothic horror yarn in which a man surgically merges another man with a walrus, it also takes a long, ludicrous digression into comedy with a surprise cameo by an outsized star. Crop of 'New Dangerous' filmmakers take edgy to new levels 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z I was thinking of “Hard Times” as I read, and “A Tale of Two Cities,” other great yarns dropped into the middle of big history. The Rebel, the Policeman and a Chase Through Britain and Beyond 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Though he famously spun yarns in more than a dozen original one-man shows, some of them also committed to film, Gray was much more than a raconteur. 'And Everything Is Going Fine': Spalding Gray at his eloquent, daring best in documentary 2011-01-13T21:08:03Z Tasso’s poem spins 11th-century yarns of magic and derring-do peopled by knights swirling though the Holy Land on the First Crusade. Mary Zimmerman?s ?Armida,? With Ren?e Fleming, at Met 2010-04-10T04:13:00Z This is the difference between a yarn like this and all movies "Justice League"-related. In the end, "Peacemaker" is the villain-turned-hero worth crossing the TV galaxy for 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z It’s a sweeping yarn that spans two world wars, traveling from dark alleyways in Petrograd to frozen lakes in Siberia; from the summer estate of the Romanovs to grim Karaganda Prison. ‘Red Icon’ review: A new Inspector Pekkala thriller, by Sam Eastland 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z He did have a caveat: “The authors have such a picturesque yarn to spin that their insistence upon thrusting bespattered conversation down the throats of the audience is as superfluous as it is unpleasant.” Review: ‘The Front Page’ Is Diverting, but Don’t Stop the Presses 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z A mercy killing for this serial killer yarn is probably best for everyone. Fall TV season: the hits, the misses and the essentially cancelled 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The yarn is a real corker, a polymorphously perverse tale of baffling motives and strangely poignant psychology. Billy Crudup in 'Harry Clarke': A deviously brilliant performance is reborn as an audiobook 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Last year the top prize went to the Samoyed booth, “which had a demonstration of how you can take the fur from the Samoyed and spin it into yarn,” Ms. DiNardo said. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z It's not Loach's last film, but there was, critics suspected, a sense of retirement to Ken's latest - a warm-hearted socialist yarn set in Ireland in the 1920s. Cannes 2014: all the films we reviewed – which do you most want to see? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z A liquid acrylic solution is mixed with dye and then formed into a fiber and spun into yarn. Outdoor fabrics, indoor feel Not all artists who use yarn in their work are thrilled with the woolly trend. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z All that Baker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Flick,” makes clear in this by turns tantalizing and frustrating work is that they are in the business of spinning yarns. Annie Baker's 'Antipodes' opens a door to the coveted writers room 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Murderfist reminds me of nothing so much as the first joke I ever committed to memory, a gross-out yarn about an unfortunate professional named Paul the Pimple Popper paying a house call. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z Made with metal armatures, colored yarn, plaster and paint, Ms. Segre’s sculptures initially look two-dimensional, like see-through drawings installed in the open gallery space. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The Marine was followed by 2009's 12 Rounds, a cop revenge yarn that is, above all, extremely loud. How wrestling is taking over the movies 2010-09-02T21:00:00Z Fortunately for Puffin, not only does Scarrow exist, he can also write a ripping yarn. Alex Scarrow: 'I've worked really hard to make TimeRiders absolute cocaine' 2010-07-22T10:43:00Z His participants recently made bowls of clay and sewed log books of construction paper with colored yarn. Artist envisions clock based on how Georgia rivers flow 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Seen on Broadway in 2013, the musical tells of Edward Bloom, an Alabama-based traveling salesman prone to relating improbable yarns about his own past. Review | ‘Big Fish’ looks for the truth in a father-son relationship 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z I stuffed each with batting and used a huge needle and yarn to tie it together at each corner to keep the batting from shifting. Hints From Heloise: Sleeping on memories 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z I was thinking about minimizing one’s wardrobe and functionality, so I used a single yarn, made from cellophane, woven in many different ways, and made a unisex coat, sweaters and boots. Fashion Honors Zaha Hadid With ‘Extraordinary Process’ Exhibition 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Its cord had been covered in yarn by his girlfriend. All We Want to Do Is Watch Each Other Play Video Games 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z This old-fashioned yarn is also a rollicking satire on our faith in modernity. Editors’ Choice 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The scruffy, ingratiating yarn spinner, dragging a suitcase filled with notes and a bottle of liquor for courage, is the bearer of an enduring 3,000-year-old saga that originated in Greece. Theater review: 'An Iliad' proves an ancient tale can still be meaningfully and well-told 2010-04-15T20:08:00Z The first is for brioche, a technique that creates a dramatic high-low effect when knit with two colors of yarn. All Knit Up in Sweater Instagram 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Trained in painting and drawing, Shiota likens yarn to lines in 3-D. Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota’s exhibit at the Sackler shows that shoes tell a story SAT-SUN Fiber arts demonstrations, classes on fiber preparation and spinning, dyeing, knitting, crocheting, weaving, and felting; displays, vendors featuring yarns, books, supplies, tools, live fiber animal exhibit, spin-in, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Look for discolorations, dye spots, streaks, holes or yarn flaws. The cost-conscious consumer’s guide to buying carpet 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z One challenge is finding yarn that matches exactly. How to mend holes in, and then clean, a crocheted afghan blanket 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But flannel requires the dyeing of each individual yarn, which is what gives it the patterned look of, say, Buffalo plaid. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Should one man’s life unravel if he helped himself to a yarn that belonged to someone else? Excuse Me While I Steal Your Book Idea and Get Famous 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Eventually, he put his thoughts in writing, and the result is “Not My Father’s Son,” which weaves the “great yarn” of 2010 with a harrowing reminiscence of his father’s violence. For Alan Cumming, Life Isn’t Always a Cabaret 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Supplies: Burlap, black yarn, cloth for the inside of the mouth, wire for the eyebrows. Scare up a Halloween costume with these homemade ideas 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z He explains why he always tries to offset his satirical yarns with tenderness, how he likes writing children, and why he has devoted his career to the short story. Guardian Books podcast: George Saunders and summer reading 2013-07-05T12:42:00Z An unexpected turn of events in the third act helps end this above-par crime yarn on a gripping and satisfying note. A thriller tightens its grip in 'The Calling' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z She has a yarn dealer who shipped three boxes of Lion Brand supplies to London, then flew over to see “Anything Goes.” For Sutton Foster, Crochet Is a Survival Tactic 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z And Conor McPherson's chilling comic yarn The Seafarer is at Perth theatre. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-02-15T14:03:42Z In fact, as he explained later, it was a knit made from a natural yarn. On the Runway Blog: Pilati Quietly Makes His Debut at Zegna 2013-06-22T12:52:12Z A delicate violin scroll emerges from one block of wood; a slight-looking string ladder turns out to be copper wire carefully wrapped in cream-color yarn. Art Review: Sculpture in High Relief 2011-05-19T22:00:20Z Three film crews contacted her about making yarn bombing documentaries, and several graduate students e-mailed her about writing theses on the subject. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z In the fourth season all the major characters have a parable to share, a historical anecdote to bestow or a yarn holstered and ready to unravel. In "Fargo," comedian Chris Rock gets dramatic as a mob boss whose weapon of choice is the monologue 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z In a wings-shaped sculpture from 1989, passages of orange, red and black yarn overlap, seeping into each other in a molten way, like lava. Judith Scott’s Enigmatic Sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times praised it, noting, "If it doesn't spin an entirely satisfying yarn, its roar is still irresistible, even when the object of protest remains elusive." Green Day's "American Idiot" hits Great White Way 2010-04-17T03:25:00Z Beginning to end, the production’s mirth is catching, warm, friendly and unburdened, as though each yarn is laced with a bit of sunshine. Review: ‘Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo’ Offers Stand-Up Comedy Without the Standing 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z After gathering the plastic, Parley cleans and sorts it, then condenses it into smaller pieces that are shipped to recycling plants, where they are turned into filament and then into yarn or fabric. Would You Buy a Plastic Suit From Stella McCartney? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Above them, a halo of metalwork holds the yarn being fed into their bellies. In Alabama, New Life for the Onetime Sock Capital of the World 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z He began by selling hard-boiled detective yarns to the pulpy magazine Black Mask, then later sold his first novel, “The Big Sleep,” to Alfred A. Knopf. When Raymond Chandler Went to Work for Billy Wilder 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The local artist covered 20 plaster panels with multicolor strands of yarn and asked visitors to detach a single one and let it fall to the floor. Review | In the galleries: David X Levine uses pencils to put a new spin on an Old Master 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z With the lockdowns, she worried about the future of yarn stores, which depend on foot traffic. What We Learned From a Year of Crafting 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Buoyant interviews with Jackson’s friends, collaborators and business partners supply a deluge of revealing yarns and trivia, while priceless rehearsal footage offers glimpses of a genuinely sweet personality. Movie Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Bad 25,’ About Michael Jackson and His Album 2012-10-18T21:40:52Z New in paperback, this historical novel spins a yarn about a daring plan to thwart Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambitions to conquer Europe. A painter’s way with color, a swashbuckling adventure 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z She calls the act of artistic vandalism “yarn bombing,” adapting a term for plastering an area with graffiti tags. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z His 1984 debut "The Hunt for Red October," the account of a rogue naval commander on a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine, won praise from then-president Ronald Reagan, who declared it a good "yarn." Tom Clancy, U.S. master of spy thriller novels, dies at 66 2013-10-03T00:08:15Z Finally we’d be in the hands of a pro, someone who knows how to tell a whiz-bang action yarn with a big budget. I'm a Star Wars fan, but won't be watching The Force Awakens 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Well, as I said, we both was fond of telling stories and spinning yarns. Mark Twain 'based Tom Sawyer on drinking buddy from steam baths' 2012-10-02T14:29:56Z While “Manchester” and “Moonlight” are wondrous yarns, their messages are less clear. ‘La La Land’ Has an Oscars Edge: Its Hollywoodness 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z It’s at once a biopic and an adventure yarn that, with harpoons and ploddingly good intentions, turns a story of survival into an ecological cautionary tale. Review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea,’ It’s Man vs. Leviathan 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Like him, you the reader can’t wait to escape; yet you can no more walk away from Mr. King’s tightly spun yarn than Paul can walk away from his captor. Review: In ‘Misery,’ With Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, the Ghost of Productions Past 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z People say I should put some sort of protective clear coat over the yarn. Art cars drive Fremont Fair fun 2011-06-16T19:00:10Z BMS dyed yarn for apparel, hosiery, upholstery, mattress fabrics, braids and ropes, health care and industrial products. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z As you literally unravel your yarn while completing challenges, you are unraveling characters' memories and secrets. 10 chill and affordable video games to play that aren't "Animal Crossing" 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z They included rubber used like leather as strips at the shoulders or sweaters made in waterproofed yarn. Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z He promises yarns that will distract his audiences from their own troubles, though his choices include reports on a meningitis outbreak, a coal mine fire and a ferry accident. ‘News of the World’ Review: Tom Hanks Does the Strong, Silent Type 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z This is an action-driven yarn — the equivalent in the Shakespeare canon of a popcorn picture — and Mr. Nunn’s careful editing improves the tale’s sometimes haphazard momentum. Review: In ‘Pericles,’ Much Ado About a Lot of Things 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z There is Buchan's ripping yarn, which somehow survives the irreverent treatment, and there is the story of four actors earnestly trying to tell the tale. The 39 Steps – review 2012-08-03T17:26:35Z Then, during a postbaccalaureate course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she began playing around with yarn, using her hands to make chains and slip knots. Orly Genger, in Madison Square Park 2013-05-01T13:00:01Z That said, it’s doubtful that many of these yarns, charming as they are, will stick in the mind for long. Partners in crime: Lawbreakers and music, in a new short-story collection 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” looks like a puzzle, but it plays out like a yarn; still, there is pleasure in following its loose ends. In Jordan Peele’s “Twilight Zone” Reboot, the Plot Is Often Less Brilliant Than the Premise 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Diagraming the feedback loop between “Fox & Friends” and the president requires a very small bulletin board and maybe six inches of yarn. Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z When I visited that evening, the studio looked like the scene of a frantic blanket-liquidation sale—colorful crocheted items were scattered everywhere, and yarn spools unravelled here and there on the floor. Crocheting Hillary 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It was only at the age of 44 – having been fired for alcohol-related absenteeism – that he finally knuckled down to a writing career, rattling off a series of detective yarns for Black Mask magazine. A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler, A Life by Tom Williams – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z From there the collection moved into more familiar territory, with scalloped fringe on dresses and tufts of cotton yarn sprouting from a coat. Special Report: Fashion: Sex, Pleats and Skin 2010-09-30T18:13:00Z She raised sheep, had them sheared, spun the wool into balls of yarn and knitted socks. Laurie Metcalf, the First Lady of American Theater 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Thus the art of literature continues and the restless mind of humanity is given the illusion of continuity through story, or yarn. Of time and academia 2012-10-11T00:00:00Z This film can now be appreciated not merely as a ripping, gripping yarn but as a satirical insight into the British experience of defeat, both in the war and the years after it. Peter Mullan's Neds heads London film festival's most-awaited list 2010-10-21T16:37:00Z As a thrilling spy yarn, the plot keeps you on edge through every twist and turn. A Preview of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Last, Enthralling Role 2014-02-02T20:30:40Z The audio tour is full of great yarns, none better than that of the museum’s Sacred Cat Rug, a 2,400-year-old cat hair rug found by Nile fisherman in the tomb of an Egyptian princess. 36 Hours in St. Augustine 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “You’re left thinking that the most interesting stuff was what happened immediately after ‘the discovery,’ the part of the yarn that the film skips over.” What’s on TV Friday: ‘13 Reasons Why’ and ‘Five Came Back’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z He repeated the yarn about being aboard the helicopter that had been hit. ‘Brian being Brian’: A unique storytelling ability connected Brian Williams with viewers, but it also led to his downfall 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Zaraska warns of falling for longevity yarns, many of which turn out to be the product of fantasy. Optimism, friendship and tidy socks – the secret to living to 100 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z The author gets the “scoop of lifetime,” hears “a winning yarn,” samples “hot new recipes.” Books of The Times: ‘Steal the Menu,’ by Raymond Sokolov 2013-05-09T21:24:23Z “Souvenir yarn!” exclaimed Teresa, as she passed a display of Made in Maine products. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Whether yarn bombing is the work of artists or glorified knitters, the view of law enforcement is clear: it is considered vandalism or littering. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z What makes a crazy wall crazy as opposed to an art installation is the tangle of yarn, push pins and creative thinking connecting everything together. HBO's QAnon series "Q: Into the Storm" is a bewildering attempt to decode a super-conspiracy 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z “The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne” has an embarrassment of riches in Ms. Payne’s story, and it’s often a ripping good yarn, but, as a film, it lacks the nimbleness and resourcefulness f its subject. ‘The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne,’ About a Real Jewel Thief 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Women visiting the benches used the yarn to crochet bags, purses, laptop cases and other items. Busting the myth that depression doesn't affect people in poor countries 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z I think it’s important here to share his top three yarns: Yarn Number One: He worked as a custodian in a senior center where there was an elderly lady who thought his name was Ted. Your wife is the worst 2012-10-26T23:30:00Z Regardless, his is a great yarn populated with eccentric characters. TV highlights 09/07/2012 2012-07-08T19:00:01Z In a joint interview with English, Bergen dresses the part: She’s wearing a Ralph Lauren sweater with an American flag knit only of blue and white yarn, an emblem that echoes her show’s target audience. ‘Murphy Brown’ once sparked a feud with Dan Quayle. Now the reboot is courting one with Trump. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “It is part of the appeal of yarn bombing: the surprising juxtaposition of something that is clearly personal, labor-intensive and handmade in an urban, industrial environment.” Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z Chatty guides in costume explained their chores, baking soda bread over an open fire, spinning sheep’s wool into yarn and creating smelly candles from animal fat. Northern Ireland’s lake lands: Rain, history and the Mellons 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z But “The Little Wooden Robot” is not only a visual feast; it’s a funny, twisty, heartfelt yarn as well. Once, Twice, Thrice Upon a Time 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z It emerges as a yarn his sister Clara tells her husband while Édouard eavesdrops from behind a door when he visits her in hopes of a solace that is not forthcoming. Fleeing Home, but Not Homophobia 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z In her latest historical yarn, she interweaves the narrative about uncovering Tutankhamun’s tomb with mini-chapters about the alleged curse on those who disturb his grave, steeping the story in an atmosphere of spookiness and intrigue. Behold, King Tut, in All His Majesty and Mystery 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Baggywrinkles resembling giant, shaggy caterpillars — made from short pieces of yarn cut from old lines — climb shrouds to cushion sails from chafe. Taste some ales while you take a sail on classic schooner Zodiac on Bellingham Bay 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z I went to a friend and asked for 20 kilos of white cashmere yarn. Brunello Cucinelli: Life By Design 2013-03-28T14:25:42Z A tiny, red creature made of yarn, Yarny is quite the expressive little critter. Ten games that made a lasting impression at E3 2015 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile a third populist story about a man battling harsh nature and hostile adversaries - sci-fi yarn The Martian – came in third with 10. Oscar nominations 2016: The Revenant leads field, Mad Max in second place 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z You might think you did, along with all the other grim mistreatment yarns that came afterward. "Succession" fans should be shocked by Roman Roy. He was always a terrible person with a quick wit 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley returned to the craft of extracting and weaving this yarn again. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Show Highlights the Return of the Loom 2011-06-13T12:00:07Z Piecing together neatly cutout pieces of colored felt and lengths of colored yarn, James Gobel creates large, flat pictures of beefy, bearded men in hip, faux-proletarian garb. Art Review: The Allure of the Homespun in the Maw of the Digital Age 2010-09-02T21:48:00Z As a nearby sweatshirt proclaimed in metallic yarn and sequins, this is “Totes Boges.” Critical Shopper: At Sass & Bide, Gallery Girls of the World Unite 2014-03-12T23:30:41Z Both a playwright and a screenwriter, Rebeck has learned a thing or three about constructing crime and suspense yarns from her years turning out scripts for "NYPD Blue" and other TV series. Review: 'Mauritius' at Seattle Public Theater is a taut, twisty thriller 2010-10-07T21:32:00Z In the summer of 1870, many Victorian Londoners who loved a good yarn were engrossed in the latest serialized novel by Charles Dickens, the most popular and esteemed fiction writer of his day. Left hanging by Dickens' 'Edwin Drood'? 2 takes coming our way 2012-04-04T20:36:04Z One of many blanks yet to be filled in this yarn is how, exactly, Hector winds up mute and in a wheelchair, speaking only by means of a bell he rings with one finger. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 4: Chicken vs. Ice Cream 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z On Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the garden’s drop-in family art project will be teddy bear caterpillars: sock puppets to be adorned with yarn, fake fur and button eyes. Spare Times Listings for Kids for Oct. 10-16 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The nostalgic appeal and cosy image of knitting also accounts for the yarn bomber's ability to evade the authorities. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z True, Conrad’s narrator, a yarn spinner not an activist, does little more than bear witness, but he sees clearly. Letters to the Editor 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The treetops are so tight against each other that the land appears to be clothed in a sweater of nubbly yarn. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “There was another company we dyed yarn for. Pendleton shirts,” Mr. Singleton said. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “What shall be next,” says Gower, the sorely taxed narrator of Shakespeare’s complicated romance “Pericles,” preparing to introduce the next knot in the yarn. Review: In ‘Pericles,’ Much Ado About a Lot of Things 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z She taught us to knit triangles, squares and crescents, and how to make sweaters with boat necks, evening bags with tassel closures and shawls with eight balls of yarn. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In "Beyond Eyes" it's from the mind of a frightened child, and in "Unravel" it's as a tiny piece of yarn trying to stitch together the memories of an aging woman. In reality, Project Morpheus, Oculus Rift aren't the most exciting things at E3 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The particular demonic presence in Mr. Askins’s play has nasty teeth and spooky eyes — fairly standard attributes — but he’s also made of felt and yarn. Theater Review: ?Hand to God,? by Robert Askins, at Ensemble Studio Theater 2011-11-12T00:45:29Z But Gilman wants to do more than raise our awareness of social ills while spinning a gripping yarn. Four political dramas that play around with form 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z For 20 years she’s claimed the language of privileged angsty urban women, spinning yarns about our collective career struggles, parenting fears, writing woes and quest for a modern, drive-through spiritual life. ‘Hallelujah Anyway’: Anne Lamott’s conflicted message for a conflicted nation 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z That is, updating the colonial yarn of the westerner who is eventually accepted by an alien community and then asserts his inherent superiority by embodying the culture better than the locals. ‘So alien! So other!’: how western TV gets Japanese culture wrong 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Characters sing, orate and spin yarns — and all within the framing of chapters in a book. Tim Blake Nelson, Coen Brothers muse, “never expected to have a career as a film actor” 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Many knitters of color shared their experiences being followed around yarn shops or of being ignored in online and offline knitting spaces. All Knit Up in Sweater Instagram 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z This operatic yarn is less argumentative than most of Mr. Carlin’s bits, more open to interpretation. A George Carlin Special Too Raw After Sept. 11 Resurfaces Now 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Seven All Around boots made of recycled yarn with a coral design embroidered in metallic yarn, $795, and mesh boots in recycled yarn and vegan leather, $425, at sevenallaround.com. 5 Great New Shoe Lines, One Common Denominator 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Yet Zemeckis is after bigger prey than a mere ripping yarn. In “Allied,” Empty Nostalgia for American Heroes 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z This year also saw the release of the critically acclaimed documentary “Yarn,” about international yarn bombers, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York is exhibiting an elaborate crochet coral reef. Yarn Bombing Hits the High Street 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z But Chbosky’s true skill is in turning a book of absolute horrors — both fantastical and real — into an uplifting yarn. 20 Years After ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Stephen Chbosky Has a New Novel 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Yet there's always extra yarn, and this magic attracts the interest of an evil archduke. Animals roll out barrels of fun in new picture books 2012-03-17T03:54:53Z Themes of adolescent friendships haunting our adult life are shared with Grossman's debut Soon I Will Be Invincible, a postmodern superhero yarn. How do you write about life when it's lived on computers? 2013-05-17T09:59:03Z He’s streamlined or discarded some of his ambling, poetic yarns, stopped indulging in elaborate riffs and turned epic tales into more traditional, joke-dense set pieces. Dave Chappelle at Radio City Music Hall 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z One shows a bundle of sage, tied with a ceremonial red yarn, that she placed in an abalone shell. Signs of the Apocalypse at the Hammer Museum 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z The colorful yarn canvases will show alongside her small sculptural works from the same period. Women, art and inequality in the gallery world: Sprüth Magers exhibition fuels an old debate 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z There are lengthwise, or warp, yarns and crosswise, or weft, yarns. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s most famous portrait shows her posed with a pair of knitting needles and yarn. ‘In This House’ Yard Signs, and Their Curious Power 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z She uses not so much paints and brushes, but a sewing machine and crochet hook, weaving and twisting bits of fabric and yarn into magical forests, mythical creatures, fanciful garments, darkly disturbing images. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z Those and other adventure yarns set the template for Ms. O’Hara’s screen persona: an independent-minded woman who knew her way around a sword. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Washed in a superdry matte black or blue, the denim — milled by Cone, if you care — is all made from recycled or sustainable cotton, polyester and yarn in Raleigh’s factory in North Carolina. | Organic by John Patrick and Raleigh Denim 2012-02-08T21:51:49Z Ms. Chapman’s original “Fast Car” spins a yarn of hope, relying primarily on an acoustic guitar and her own throaty, impassioned vocals. Dancing Away From the Bleak Life With ‘Fast Car’ 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Still, even at its funniest and most seductive, “Zola” is about a teenager who narrowly escapes being victimized, whose entertaining yarn masks real, if unresolved, trauma. Perspective | ‘Female agency’ is Hollywood’s latest catchphrase. ‘Zola’ takes it further. 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z But it wasn't anything that paint, glue, 70 pounds of dentures and about four miles of yarn couldn't fix. Art cars drive Fremont Fair fun 2011-06-16T19:00:10Z And yet, game elements aside, “Prince of Persia” is almost a throwback, a swashbuckling yarn that owes something to the “Indiana Jones” movies and even more, perhaps, to “The Thief of Baghdad.” Film: Jordan Mechner?s Multiplatform ?Prince of Persia? 2010-05-22T07:09:00Z I can safely say that I am the only full-time music critic in America who can sit down and sing Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade” while spinning yarn. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z To that end, when I opened our recent phone conversation by asking, as a joke, whether real Arturo shares “Alternatino” Arturo’s affinity for the thread and yarn arts, he quickly corrects me. Arturo Castro's “Alternatino": Comedy that's "leaving a little blood in the water" 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Maybe it's just the way the yarn's made, I don't know. 'Inherent Vice' costume designer Mark Bridges on Pynchon's world 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The argument escalating, Preminger returns to isolating close-ups, though this time there is no yarn to bridge the gap between the shots. Video: Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger 2011-05-13T23:13:01Z She feels she’s been rebuked by life, and her mind is unraveling, like yarn screaming from the bottom of a sweater. Tove Ditlevsen’s Fiction Is Bleak and Claustrophobic — Mostly in a Good Way 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z "Apostle" started as a critique of what Bissell regarded as nonsensical beliefs predicated on apocryphal yarns that included talking animals and necrophilia. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Loomlike displays of brightly colored yarn cover the walls and ceiling. A Taste of Barcelona’s Evolving Dining Scene 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z “I think that a lot of times, yarn and things made with yarn can be easy to overlook,” Choi says. Crafty Bastards to watch out for Ms. Chung said that YanYan, which means “everyone” in Cantonese, uses yarns from Italy, Scotland and Japan but is proudly “Made in China.” The Designers Who Are Making Knitwear Cool 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z This much is clear by the film’s end: More yarn would mean a more festive world. Review: ‘Yarn’: And You Thought It Was Just for Knitting Mittens 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Wrapping some yarn around her left index finger, she starts on one of the clown’s plump legs. She wanted dolls that looked like her. Now, her creations delight children of all races. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z They involve plaster and papier-mâché as well as coils of wire mesh and screenlike forms loosely woven from wire or colored yarn. Art In Review: Michelle Segre: ‘Lost Songs of the Filament’ 2012-06-21T22:10:01Z Get past this, though, and there's a solid yarn, as the crew of the Orpheus encounters a huge craft 2,000ft down. Domesday 2010-08-10T05:45:00Z When I first took the job at the Jewish Museum, she dropped by and dumped all this yarn on my couch and said, ‘What colors do you like?’ It’s Not an Art Collection. It’s Her Life. 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z So out came the nubby sweaters, sporty coats with sleeves crafted in densely woven yarn and blazers enveloped in curly goat-hair vests. 2010-01-19T05:09:00Z Had Bai written about only that, he would have produced an excellent yarn for those who love American politics. 'All the Truth Is Out' probes the repercussions of Gary Hart's affair 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Striking a delicate tonal balance, Mr. Adomian transformed being assaulted into a cuttingly funny yarn without diminishing its horror. Comedy: Gay Male Comics Await the Spotlight 2012-08-15T14:06:57Z And in the few instances when they are stopped, yarn bombers say, the police are more likely to laugh at them than issue a summons. Graffiti?s Cozy, Feminine Side 2011-05-18T20:41:47Z Everyone has certainly grasped that the wheel is supposed to go around, but exactly what that has to do with making yarn remains a mystery. On spinning in opera (and going through the motions) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Next is Jeff Foxworthy, who spins a long yarn about a family reunion before delivering the line, “You might be a redneck” — a better catchphrase, perhaps, in that it requires no explanation. Critic’s Notebook: The Original Blue Collar Comedy Tour Stars 2013-05-17T20:33:55Z The fact that Arnott's early books used the form of gangster yarns encouraged a tendency to categorise him as a sort of bookish Guy Ritchie. The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott – review 2012-06-29T07:00:02Z The main musical source, however, is a lightweight glockenspiel, which Goldberg plays with yarn mallets, yielding a softer, more ethereal sound. ‘A Perfect Party’ That Celebrates All Its Guests 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Lambert, who wrote the screenplay with Michael Dowling, aims for a modest, old-fashioned yarn about a time when people believed in the news media. Review: In ‘Brave New Jersey,’ a Martian Invasion That Wasn’t 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Miyake has taken inspiration from a variety of cultures and societal motifs, as well as everyday items — plastic, rattan, "washi" paper, jute, horsehair, foil, yarn, batik, indigo dyes, wiring. Tokyo museum exhibits Issey Miyake's constant innovations 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z As Parton spins yarns about her humble beginnings and sings songs of enduring faith in the face of despair, “A Holly Dolly Christmas” might, actually, be an effective cure for the 2020 holiday blues. Mariah! Dolly! Carrie! 2020 Can’t Quarantine This Cheer 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z “The more I tried to catch it, the more it eluded me, like a kitten batting a piece of yarn,” Caroline says of her sense that something isn’t quite right. The thriller ‘The Bullet’ stars a Georgetown professor with a secret 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Richard Pryor cemented his reputation as the greatest stand-up of his generation by spinning his story of setting himself on fire into a hilarious yarn. A Year When Death Loomed in the Laughter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “Where travel and a lot of other things weren’t happening,” she said, “people were turning to needles and yarn.” Knitting for the Apocalypse 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z On this occasion he has made art from such mundane items as bricks, I-beams, colored yarn, rolls of toilet paper and light bulbs, rarely using more than one material or kind of object per work. Last Chance: Martin Creed’s Solo Shows at Gavin Brown and Hauser & Wirth 2013-12-17T22:13:14Z She’s an artist, and had a multi-floor space with walls of yarn and beads organized by color in bins stacked floor to ceiling. I was raped — and now I can finally say it 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Laura Miller, praised many of the collection’s cyberpunk thrillers, alien tales and “good old-fashioned science-fiction yarns shot from new angles.” New in Paperback: ‘Crudo’ and ‘How Long ’til Black Future Month?’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Instead, written and directed by Neil Jordan, the relatively low-budget film is a contemporary fairytale grounded in a rich tradition of Irish storytellers and yarn spinners. Fishy tale 2010-03-05T08:51:00Z It's a cute distillation of everything he does best: a rollicking yarn packed with adventure, derring-do and very silly jokes very loosely based on the wartime experiences of his grandfather. This week's new live comedy 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z It requires you to unpick the messy yarn of human emotion, and that most familiar knot of all: jealousy. All you need is loves: the truth about polyamory 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It must have struck Stevenson that it might be a yarn about his own attraction to the less savoury side of life. Ian Rankin on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 2010-08-16T14:31:00Z And so, it starts to appear as if, rather than living in ignorance both of the big picture and of one another, they are collaborating in creating a stonking old-fashioned yarn. The Possessions of Doctor Forrest by Richard T Kelly ? review 2011-07-15T21:15:01Z Going back to the label’s sporty roots meant a complete collection in knitwear, using the unstructured shapes, the textured yarns and blurry patterns that are integral to Missoni. Special Report: Fashion: The Sporting Life 2011-06-20T11:43:45Z Misery feels like one’s “insides are a large wet ball of yarn that is refusing to dry out even in the sunshine.” In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z They were also an inspiration, fuel for Feehan’s imagination as he looked to weave a ripping western yarn around a man whose feats were remarkable, even though only some can be fact-checked. In ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ Fiction Fills In Where Tall Tales Leave Off 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Cynthia Alberto, the owner of the weaving studio, introduced her to the tabletop loom, a wooden contraption about the size of a typewriter, and had her select several spools of yarn. Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z “But once the thrill of getting reacquainted wears off, what you’re left with is a somewhat muddled, not at all credible yarn.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Prison Break’ and ‘Louis C.K.: 2017’ 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “I’d rather knit baby bootees out of pink yarn than hit someone who didn’t deserve it,” he says at one point. A Director Who Is Old School With a Vengeance 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Kriv Stenders, the director, describes it as "a story about stories, a folk tale celebrating that very Australian tradition of the yarn". Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z Homemade food, brought by the participants to trade with one another, lined several long tables squeezed in among the racks of colorful yarn. Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? 2013-04-28T01:00:00Z Vulture reports that there are no expensive set-pieces in the film, suggesting that we could be looking at more of a claustrophic, minimalist and suspenseful yarn. Can Ridley Scott's Alien prequels be a new species of follow-up? 2010-10-14T14:33:00Z Some comedians unfurl yarns in the unhurried mode of a jam band, others display the taut rhythms of pop or hip-hop. Only Gilbert Gottfried Could Be So Dirty and So Heartbreaking 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z More celebrated plays have not exerted that kind of primal pull on me: Sometimes theater can be so elementally simple that it boils down to the basic enjoyment of a good yarn. ‘Chushingura — 47 Ronin’ Review: A Sprawling Tale of Loyalty 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Instead, it accepts them as a matter of course, in keeping with the play’s line about life as “a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stratford-Upon-Avon Edition 2011-07-22T21:16:12Z "There's no manual that tells you how to do this kind of thing," said Klein, a software engineer from Vancouver, Wash., who took a year to figure out how to adhere yarn to his car. Art cars drive Fremont Fair fun 2011-06-16T19:00:10Z It’s an outrageous, implausible crime yarn with considerable psychological and political depth, and I felt the same way about McQueen’s account of his simple-yet-complicated response. Steve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Kaiser was adept at spinning yarns of his prowess to get on a team, then fake an injury that would serve to keep him sidelined; he even bribed spectators to chant his name. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Another showcase for the artist, who teaches at the Art League, is a still-life of candy-colored yarn strands in front of elaborately veined marble. Review | In the galleries: Immersive exhibit explores a wonderland in blue 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Some create their own fabrics, others work magic with knitting yarns, and still others combine street style and high style in strikingly inventive ways. New York Fashion Week’s Under-the-Radar Talents 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Even when he does display vulnerability, busting out his trademark family yarns, the sentiment feels consistent with his newly acquired maturity. Childish Gambino Grows Up with Royalty Mixtape 2012-07-13T15:00:39Z He’s not afraid of starkness or silence, and he knows how to spin a good yarn. New Music: The Game, Eric Revis and Ryan Blotnick: New Albums 2012-12-24T22:49:33Z Mr. Chappelle has always preferred ambling yarns to quick jokes, but his new material stretches the limits of stories, telling long, herky-jerky tales propelled by quick pivots in tone and perspective. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z They would never appreciate it, she said, switching from pink yarn to purple fluff: “Like, I ain’t even giving it to you, like, it’s too good for you.” Bella Thorne, the Ex-Disney Star, Chillaxes With Yarn 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Atsuko Chirikjian’s sculptural paintings resemble plants, but they actually document a process by which dyes pass through yarns and stain large sheets of rice paper. Review | In the galleries: Show at American University invokes the ‘Eternal Feminine’ 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z "People coming out of nowhere with this sort of inane yarn is what happens in media-driven feeding frenzy," he added. Cosby comedy gigs to go on in midst of swirling allegations 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Part murder mystery and part counterfactual yarn, with generous helpings of sitcom and social drama thrown in, it doesn’t hold together in the largely naturalistic framework provided by Taylor Reynolds’s production. Review: In ‘This Land Was Made,’ Huey Newton Walks Into a Bar 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z While not the worst in recent 3D films, "Gulliver's Travels" is more gimmicky than a crackling good yarn. "Gulliver's Travels" relies too much on effects 2010-12-23T00:26:57Z Instead he spins a yarn about the campaign being Frank Gleason's last great idea. Mad Men recap: season six, episode 12 – The Quality of Mercy 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z Every episode of “Homecoming,” each crisp half-hour installment, is a compact exploitation film, spinning an anxious yarn about systematic abuse. “Homecoming,” Reviewed: Julia Roberts in the Heavy Weather of a Late-Capitalist Dystopia 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z So I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to give this year’s crown to the anthology yarn The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The ballet slowly emerges from thin air, like strands of yarn winding into a skein. ‘Ballet 422’: A young choreographer’s nervous rise at New York City Ballet 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z As it turns out, many of these local yarns are either exaggerating the bloodshed or placing the moral blame for atrocities on the wrong parties. Colin Dickey explores American's haunted mansions in 'Ghostland' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z In this case, a soft yarn sourced from Japan after years of trial and error by the designer Anna Berger of Deta. What Makes a Bathing Suit So Expensive? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The great yarns continue, as Wolfert ferrets out recipes, first in Morocco — she wrote the seminal “Couscous” in just 18 months — and then in Gascony, Turkey, the republic of Georgia and so on. Review | ‘Unforgettable’ pays tribute to ‘the most influential cookbook author you’ve never heard of’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z |
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