PHOTOS: Local Knitters Swaddle Statues For Charity
Linden Hills yarn shop, local knitters join forces with the Minnesota Twins.
On one of the coldest days this winter, even the statues bundled up for warmth. About two weeks ago, Southwest Minneapolis knitters Joclyn Okubo, Pam Meier, and Chris Rieffer of Linden Hills Yarn and Textile, plus the owner of South Minneapolis' Steven Be yarn shop met up outside Target Field. As a bitterly cold wind whipped around their ankles, the quartet bravely battled with oversized homemade sweaters, eventually fitting them around the statues of Kent Hrbek, Rod Carew, and Tony Oliva that stand outside the ballpark. But "yarn bombing," this wasn't. Working in concert with the Minnesota Twins, the four knitters—plus scores of local knitters affiliated with nine Twin Cities yarn stores and clubs—were trying to raise donations for a new …
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