Like all Rolls-Royce aero engines, the 'Merlin' was named after a bird of prey. But it also evoked the spirit of King Arthur's famous wizard. To the pilots who relied on it, the Merlin seemed magical.
The rock star of knitting sits in the farthest corner in the shadow of the Malutis in the Landbousaal in Rhodes Village Steven Be, 63, shines like a dayglo beacon calling all to join his movement and knit the most outrageous, colourful items. The yarn and knitting activist is 14,736km in a line from his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the northern heartland of the US.