{"id":22742,"date":"2023-05-01T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=22742"},"modified":"2023-05-01T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:18:17","slug":"guerrilla-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/guerrilla-knitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrilla Knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23ededed&amp;d=may23_final-reduced&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;pageNumber=32&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\">While Meemaw\u2019s at a pre-skydiving bong party or cooling down from a skateboarding race, here are some indoor sports for you, Gen Z.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>BY GWEN THOMPSON<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I\u2019m an avid crafter,\u201d says Elizabeth Leino, 30, of Waldoboro. \u201cPrimarily sewing, quilting, crochet, latch-hook, and embroidery, but I also enjoy crosswords, puzzles, and board games. Weaving is on my bucket list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">According to solitairebliss.com, 45 percent of Americans under 40 pursue at least one granny hobby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI probably have the youngest clientele of any knitting shop in the area,\u201d says Lisa Anderson Plourd of Knitting Nook, a yarn shop and cafe in South Portland. \u201cMy customers\u2019 average age is 25.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Read the full story in the digital magazine above.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Guerilla-Knitting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Guerilla-Knitting.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Guerilla-Knitting-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Guerilla-Knitting-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Guerilla-Knitting-200x105.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Guerilla-Knitting-620x325.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some indoor sports for you, Gen Z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1275],"class_list":["post-22742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-may-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22745,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22742\/revisions\/22745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}