“I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
“I will always buy extra yarn. I will not try to tempt fate.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
“There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
“ I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.”
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
― At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
“Most [Shetland patterns] are fairly small and simple, as textile patterns go. Almost all are symmetrical, with eight smaller parts. As a result, most are geometric rather than representational. ...
One last feature, less easy to define but easy enough to recognise ... is the liking for little motifs and for a pattern to be 'finished'. ”
― Traditional Fair Isle Knitting
One last feature, less easy to define but easy enough to recognise ... is the liking for little motifs and for a pattern to be 'finished'. ”
― Traditional Fair Isle Knitting
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