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“In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard to believe because, until you get good at it, knitting seems to cause those ailments.
The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
“Why do you have a cigarette lighter in your glove compartment?" her husband, Jack, asked her. "I'm bored with knitting. I've taken up arson”
― Her Fearful Symmetry
― Her Fearful Symmetry
“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
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“Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?”
― The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
― The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
“Sometimes, people come up to me when I am knitting and they say things like, "Oh, I wish I could knit, but I'm just not the kind of person who can sit and waste time like that." How can knitting be wasting time? First, I never just knit; I knit and think, knit and listen, knit and watch. Second, you aren't wasting time if you get a useful or beautiful object at the end of it.
I will remember that not everyone understands. I will resist the urge to ask others what they do when they watch TV.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
I will remember that not everyone understands. I will resist the urge to ask others what they do when they watch TV.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
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