Knitting – Quotes

Cat lovers can readily

Cat lovers can readily be identified. Their clothes always look old and well used. Their sheets look like bath towels, and their bath towels look like a collection of knitting mistakes. Eric Gurney

Women like to sit

Women like to sit down with trouble – as if it were knitting. Ellen Glasgow

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 … Read more

(knitting while on a

(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 … Read more

Knitting is formed by

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 … Read more

Really, handknitting is a

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

One tends to give

One tends to give one’s fingers too little credit for their own good sense. Elizabeth Zimmermann

Now comes what I

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

What? You can\\’t knit

What? You can’t knit in the dark? Stuff and nonsense; anybody can. Shut your eyes. Knit one stitch. Open your eyes and look at the stitch; it’s all right. Shut your eyes and knit two stitches. Open them. Shut them. Knit three stitches. Falling off a log is no comparison. Elizabeth Zimmermann

Really, all you need

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