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nownorma.com - 11/18/2009
Now Norma Knits
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In the sidebar of my Facebook page, for weeks on end, there was an ad for a nursing school that blared, "Nurses are in Urgent Need!" After a while I couldn't stand it anymore, and I wondered in my profile: "Of what?" Several people responded to my musing in exactly the way those of us in the ...
nownorma.com - 11/25/2009
Scarves Are In Urgent Need!
— nownorma.com — In the sidebar of my Facebook page, for weeks on end, there was an ad for a... nursing school that blared, "Nurses are in Urgent Need!" After a while I couldn't stand it anymore, and I wondered in my profile:... (more) Scarves Are In Urgent Need!
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Special Red Offer
I'm Knitting As Fast As I Can — Every year Norma is the head cheerleader for a massive fund-raising effort called the Red Scarf Project.  All the information is here . If you don’t have the time or inclination to knit a red scarf, you can make a donation to the Red Scarf Fund . This year, I donated some money and I knit a scarf: blog 010 Tomorrow, all the net proceeds from the sales of my patterns will be donated to the Red Scarf Fund.  The deets will be on Norma’s blog so check there in the morning.  But basically, if you buy a pattern tomorrow, the money will go straight to ...

red scarf emergency
knitspot — ... when i was writing about it today, i went to norma’s blog to get a link and found the following important announcement: ...

Ten On Tuesday
Carole Knits — ... 3. Norma will be happy. I’d do a lot to make my friend happy. And I’ve seen her unhappy and it’s not pretty so this reason alone is enough for me. ...

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