. . . the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.
You know you knit too much when. . . Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.
Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.
Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse.
Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement
She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about orgasms, but apart from making a mental note to have one if ever the occasion presented itsel
I’m turning into an old woman. Might as well start knitting and bitching about soap operas, gas prices, and rude drivers. ” – Sundown
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.
A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.
Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.
I spend too much time on the Internet. But I do love knitting. Actually, I do more knitting when I'm working.
This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.
It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve that my husband will think is worth being woken up for.
The formation of the life of a person in the womb is the work of God, and it is not merely a mechanical process but a work on the analogy of weaving or knitting: "Thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb" (psalm 139:13). The life of the unborn is the knitting of God, and what He is knitting is a human being in His own image, unlike any other creature in the universe. . . The destruction of conceived human life - whether embryonic, fetal, or viable - is an assault on the unique person-forming work of God.
There's one little room in my house which is filled with all my clutter and bits and pieces. My sewing machine is up there, and all my knitting stuff. Its a place where I can go to relax and unwind. I don't get to spend a lot of time up there, but at least I know its there.
One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense.
It turns out I will buy any yarn, even yarn I will never use, if the store discounts it by more than 50 percent.
I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time, because I'd rather be doing other things, like knitting.
It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.
It is some kind of miracle that all knitting is constructed of only two stitches: knit and purl. Sure, you throw in some yarn overs, and sometimes you knit the stitches out of order, but when it really comes down to it, knitting is simplicity. The most incredible gossamer lace shawl. . . the trickiest aran. . . a humble sock. . . each just made with knit and purl.