We usually save these things for the blotter, but this one can't wait until Friday. Six students and a knitting instructor at the Knitting Basket in the Montclair Village in Oakland were held up at gunpoint Monday night by a suspect described as a white 60 year old homeless man missing two front teeth and carrying a camouflage-colored rifle. A witness said, "He looked very out of place at a knitting store." The suspect was also wearing (yup) a knit black hat.

The police are on the lookout, and the Montclair Village security staff will escort nervous shoppers to their cars if asked. This is why we're sticking with cross-stitch.

Thanks to The Standing Room for the tip!