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The Art of Knitting and Color with Kaffe Fassett.

Knitwear designer Kaffe Fassett (the first name rhymes with "safe," the last name rhymes with "basset"). He's elevated needlework from a simple craft to an art form. Fassett started out as a painter, but while working in England he visited a Scottish wool mill, and was dazzled by the colors and textures he discovered there. He's since made tapestries, clothes, chairs, and other objects, and authored several books that have influenced textile designers. His latest book (co-authored with Zoe Hunt) is a collection of clothing patterns called "Family Album." (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 13, 1989: Interview with Tristan Jones; Review of William Boughton and the English String Orchestra albums; Interview with Kaffe Fassett; Review of Ernst Pawel's…
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Tristan Jones On Adventuring After the Loss of His Leg.

Adventurer and author Tristan Jones. Tristan Jones is almost certainly the most intrepid sailor alive. At last count he's journeyed more than 450-thousand miles in small boats. That includes 20 crossings of the Atlantic, and 3 and a half circumnavigations. Many of those miles were racked up during the course of exceedingly dangerous, some would say foolhardy, adventures. Jones tried to sail as close as possible to the North Pole, and as a result spent a year frozen in the Arctic ice pack.

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New Recordings of Forgotten Mendelssohn Symphonies.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews recent recordings of three Mendelssohn string symphonies, all written in Mendelssohn's teens. They're performed by William Boughton and the English String Orchestra.

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