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Bob Collins

Why they knit

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Maybe there'd be less violence in the news if more people knit.

In Nevis, Mn., Janet Golden-Landquist's 10th grade health class is learning how to knit, the Wadena Journal/Park Rapids Enterprise reports today. It's part of a stress reduction program.

"I do it on my way to football games," the high school football team's running back reveals.

The teacher says some of the guys in class grumbled when they first heard of the exercise but after a couple of days they had it mastered and felt better after realizing it's not just for old ladies.

And it's not -- it's for tough guys in the joint, too.