99 Quotes About Knitting


  • Author Terry Pratchett
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    And then there's this." He held up a shirt. "It'll protect you."Carrot fingered it carefully. It was made from the wool of Ramtop sheep, which had all the warmth and softness of hog bristles. It was one of the legendary woolly dwarf vests, the kind of vest that needs hinges.

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  • Author Louise Dickinson Rich
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    I think the difficulty with people who can't follow printed directions for knitting or anything else is that they try to understand them. They read the whole thing through and it doesn't make sense to them, so they start with a defeatist attitude.

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  • Author Elizabeth Zimmermann
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    I am a knitting fool. It's a quiet pastime, and a productive one. It enables one to join in the conversation or switch one's brain off, according to the interest or the excruciating dullness of what is being discussed. And the product does keep people warm and comfortable.

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  • Author Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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    Five things I'd rather do than swatch for my new project1. Get a spinal tap.2. Scrub the bathtub after all three of my daughters have come home from "Sandbox day" at the park.3. Babysit two-year-old triplets while simultaneously diffusing a bomb.4. Bathe a cat.5. KNIT MY NEW PROJECT.

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  • Author Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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    Knitting is still trying to teach meThat no matter how well you knit, looking at your work too closely isn't helpful. It's like kissing with your eyes open: nobody looks good that close up.

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