Show Local Woman Enjoys New Knitting Hobby All her life Mrs l Frank rank Eddah Ed- Ed dah Shields has had at least one Interesting hobby She has I been an enthusiastic gardener with a real green thumb Many hundreds of plants have been given to friends and neighbors to help beautify their homes and the community at large But she says the hobby sly has now beats them all aB It has hIU proven the most fascinating also al also also al- al so because results show so quickly I Mrs Shilds' Shilds present hobby Is knitting with an automatic knitting machine She simply pushes a small carriage across a n narrow narrow machine and she has a n whole row knitted Many objects objects ob oh- can be knitted In hours or 01 even minutes She has knitted baby sweaters and other things as gifts for more than thirty years with needles but finds the machine much faster and more efficient Just last week a young lady Margo Schmidt stopped with her family and friends to visit on her ler way to college from her home In Big Bend Texas Margo Mar Mar- Margo go is now In college and still has one of the little sweaters she received from Mrs Shields when she was a baby Her father father father fa fa- fa- fa ther Hank lank Schmidt was once custodian of Arches national monument Mrs Shields has knitted the same sweater pattern twice on her machine and can do It In Inan Inan an afternoon where It took three or four months by hand Anybody can do it it she says She makes a lot of her own patterns patterns patterns pat pat- terns although lessons and patterns patterns pat pat- terns term come with the machines Just to name a few of the tha Items she has made In the short time she has had the machine five lve stoles two bassinet covers one carriage cover five lve baby sweaters one ladys lady's sweater four baby caps one baby dress dres one childs child's Jumper and three pot holders 3 pairs of b baby by boo booties les and several others Of these items at least half have been originals the she said Mrs Shields extends extends' an an invitation Invitation Invitation In in- for anyone who wants wants to to fo see the machine and the things thing fhe she h has s made |