








| NEIGHBORHOOD JOINT | BATH BEACH; Pet Supplies? Yarn? Patter? 'I Got That' NOT all of Brooklyn glows with gentrification. Deep in the borough's southwest pocket is Bath Beach, a few dozen blocks sandwiched between Bensonhurst and the Belt Parkway. Shuttered storefronts and signs in competing languages testify to economic hardship and ethnic flux. But amid the comings and goings is a monument to fortitude: Nick's Discount |
| LETTER; One Good Barber Yarn Deserves Another To the Editor: Re ''My Missing Barber'' (The City Life, Sept. 26): Thank you for Verlyn Klinkenborg's account of his barber emergency. As a Marine with long hair (relatively speaking), I find that the first thing I do in a new town is find a good barber. In Beaufort, S.C., I was fortunate enough to have an English barber to talk sports with (he was |
| BUSHWICK JOURNAL; Amid Warehouses, Gourmet Sandwiches, Yoga Classes and Yarn For years there wasn't much to see on this industrial block near the border of Bushwick and East Williamsburg. Welders sprayed iron sparks inside Metro Hi-Tech Steel and Builders, and garbage trucks dumped trash into the BFI Waste Systems warehouse. But lately, there are cloth-covered tables, fresh kiwis and avocados in baskets and vintage mopeds |
| CURRENTS | DEALS; Save on Yarn and a Seat for Knitting At the Dune holiday sale, which starts Nov. 28, many floor samples will be discounted (the Tron sofa, left, will be $4,900, down from $8,450), and new orders will be 20 percent off; through Dec. 15 at 88 Franklin Street (Broadway), ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway (19th Street), and Dune Living in Dallas and Miami. Information: (212) 925-6171 or |
| Bright Yarn Thing Just as her muse Jean-Michel Basquiat used to say, ''Believe it or not, I can actually draw,'' the British knitwear sensation Clare Tough says she can actually knit. Still, grandmothers everywhere may grumble that some of her graffiti-inspired creations (like her Brooklyn Bridge bra, a skimpy creation in wool and balsa wood) break every rule of the |
| THE GET; Spinning a Yarn The Lao textile renaissance has created new demand for the country’s intricate silkwork. |
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| Compulsive Crocheter Olek Yarn Bombs a Room and a Taxi with Stunning Results (Photos) | |
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