They realize, ‘I’m more important than this and I want to be doing something more worthwhile,’” Ms. Deal said. On that day, the air outside the yarn store was thick with dust but Ms. Bobry decided that the store would remain open. “I think people were staying home more, they were wanting to be in groups, in communities; a lot of people lost their jobs, too,” Ms. Bobry said. When you’re sort of frightened of going out, you knit more.”The yarn store became a sort of gathering place. “People who were feeling lost just walked in,” Ms. Bobry said.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2021 09:00 UTC