#knit

I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#climbing #close #close friends #find #friends

A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway). ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#beauty

We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc, which I'll hopefully finish some time before next summer. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

#before #factory #finish #got #group

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#feel #i #interiors #knitting #living

The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#clear #closely #fact #first #first thing

Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#dennis #family #friends #hopper #just

I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am. ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-MacPhee

#knitting #truth-of-life #yarnharlot #humor

All those poor elves I haven’t set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren’t enough hats! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#granger #harry-potter #hats #hermione #houseelves

...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can't tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble. "...knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways. ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#knitting #humor

Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either. ↗

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

#knitting #life #humor