Quotes by Knitting I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen David Eddings knitting-needlesknittingwant I love the way knitting brings people together. Debbie Macomber knittingtogetherpeople Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on backing off every time running got difficult I would hang up my shoes and take up knitting. Desiree Linden knittingshoesrunning Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. Dorothy Day knittingnicewriting Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting. I believe she must have a pattern somewhere. Edith Sitwell knittingwritingbelieve Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittinghurtspirit Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready. Elizabeth Zimmermann take-a-deep-breathknittingready Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours and mine, is an advantage. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittingaveragehands Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement possibilities. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittingskillspeople Now comes what I perhaps inflatedly call my philosophy of knitting. Like many philosophies, it is hard to express in a few words. Its main tenets are enjoyment and satisfaction, accompanied by thrift, inventiveness, an appearance of industry, and, above all, resourcefulness. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittingsatisfactionphilosophy One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittingcreditgiving (knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and LEAN into the curves, etc), and used a small circular needle (socks and mittens) in order to keep the knitting in her pocket until they were under way; then she leaned back slightly so Gaffer couldn't feel the movement of her hands. On the interstate one day, they were slowly passing a semi and my father happened to see the truck driver laugh and point out my mother's knitting to his passenger. Whoops- Elizabeth Zimmermann knittingmotherfather Knitting is formed by a series of loops pulled through loops to the end of time or to 'desired length'. By picking up loops and working in the opposite direction you are really picking up the concavities between the loops, and it is sheer unexpected witchcraft that stocking stitch and garter stitch will permit such an anomaly. Be grateful for this and don't expect anymore. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittinggratefulopposites Pass by the synthetic yarn department, then, with your nose in the air. Should a clerk come out with the remark that All Young Mothers In This Day and Age (why can't they save their breath and say "now"?) insist on a yarn which can be machine-washed and machine-dried, come back at her with the reply that one day, you suppose, they will develop a baby that can be machine-washed and -dried. Elizabeth Zimmermann knittingmotherbaby Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting. Ellen Glasgow knittingwomentrouble I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting. Gerald Durrell knittingwisharguing I love the idea that people are listening to "Tales" during all types of activities. Knitting in their favorite chair, rock climbing, sky diving, driving at night. Glenn McQuaid knittingrocksnight Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns shaped into knitting needles. A wodge of curlicued metallic scrubbing pad supplied the threat. 'I knit handcuffs as a hobby,' explained Old Flossie happily, and set to work. 'Idle hands get up to no good, so I like to be prepared in case I meet up with any idle hands. Gregory Maguire knittingtwohands You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles. Henry Beard knittingcookingfood [If] you are ready enough to pull my knitting to pieces, but provide none of your own, the only sock is a sock in the jaw! J. R. Ackerley knittingpiecescriticism«123456»
