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Globetrotter and world-famous crochet whiz meet at La Crosse school
Fans of the Harlem Globetrotters have marveled for decades at how the popular basketball team is able to do tricky moves with the ball.
But one Globetrotter is in awe of the skills shown by an 11-year-old from La Crosse…with some yarn and crochet hooks.
Trotters player Dragon Taylor paid a visit to Lincoln Middle School on Thursday to promote an April appearance by the team, and to meet crocheting sensation Jonah Larson.
Dragon says he became a fan of Jonah’s rapid crocheting style by seeing him on the internet, and he got a brief lesson in crocheting from Jonah.
The ballplayer says crocheting is harder than performing the basketball stunts.
And Jonah, who has been to a previous Globetrotters game in La Crosse, was glad he got to learn a little about handling a basketball.
Taylor presented Jonah with tickets to see the Globetrotters on April 16th at the La Crosse Center.
Jonah has appeared on a number of TV shows, and has raised more than $10,000 in a Go Fund Me campaign to help people in the village where he was born in Ethiopia.
Ross R
March 22, 2019 at 9:39 am
You might want to make some corrections to this article. The title is incorrect. Crochet is not knitting so it doesn’t make sense to have knitter in the title. Also you make reference to crochet needles when it should be hooks. You use a crochet hook when you crochet.