Library forced to secure "Crochet World" magazines

BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE — You're not going to believe what thieves are targeting at a Tennessee library.  The director is calling it a rather unusual obsession that is requiring them to take some unusual security measures.

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Copies of Crochet World magazine keep getting stolen.  For the last few years, library workers have had to keep them locked behind the desk.  Anyone who wants to see it has to go to the reference desk with a library card or photo ID.  The older women who typically check them out say it's the patterns-- in full color-- that make these such a coveted prize.