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by Max Padilla

Instead of dropping some bills on a knit scarf, beanie or cropped scarf off the rack, Wool and the Gang encourages fashionable young people to darn-it-yourself with needles and yarn.

Wool and the Gang makes ready-to-knit kits with balls of yarn, knitting needles and instructions plus online video tutorials on its website. The pattern choices include beanies, shoulder wings (pictured), snoods, scarves, fingerless gloves, headbands and leg warmers priced from $69 to $189. Wool and the Gang makes knitting fun by adding funky yarn choices such as chunky Crazy Sexy Wool and ultra-soft Sugar Baby Alpaca. For those that don't have the patience to knit a cropped sweater, Wool and the Gang also makes ready-to-wear knitwear knitted by hand in the Peruvian Andes priced from $85 to $350.....

Read more at -  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/12/celebrate-with-wool-and-the-gang-at-new-high-mart.html