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     No Sheep for You: Knit Happy with Cotton, Silk, Linen, Hemp, Bamboo & Other Delights is book that will grab your eye with its cover and is a wonderful read that does not disappoint.

     Author Amy R. Singer gets it right on hemp where so many others fail:
Hemp: Deeply misunderstood, this one. Botanists have failed the textile industry, because for some reason, both the industrial hemp plant (which is the one we knit with; it has no narcotic properties) and marijuana are officially called Cannabis sativa. How is the layperson not supposed to get confused?
     On page 81 there is a pattern and instructions for knitting Manly Maze, a hemp sweater by designer Celeste Culpepper. It goes nicely with her Maze beanie, please click here for the free pattern!
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