#knitting

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #knitting




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


Stephanie Pearl-MacPhee


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

...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

And in the act of making things, just by living their daily lives, they also make history. Knitting is clothing made in spare moments, or round the fire, whenever women gathered together... It's something to celebrate-clothes made in love and service, something women have always done.


Anne Bartlett


#knitting #women #love

Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns shaped into knitting needles. A wodge of curlicued metallic scrubbing pad supplied the threat. 'I knit handcuffs as a hobby,' explained Old Flossie happily, and set to work. 'Idle hands get up to no good, so I like to be prepared in case I meet up with any idle hands.


Gregory Maguire


#knitting #humor

Given good yarn, good workmanship, and good care, a knitted shawl and outlive its knitter, providing warmth and pleasure to several generations of family and friends.


Martha Waterman


#family

SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.


Stephanie Pearl-McPhee


#life #yarn #life

Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit." ~ Georgia "The Friday Night Knitting Club


Kate Jacobs


#georgia #job #knitting #life #passion

The scarf could go on and on and on and on, and it could be the harlot-red banner of shame that wrapped him up and kept him warm when the nights grew lonely and cold.


Amy Lane


#knitting #nature

There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it.


Stephanie Pearl-McPhee


#obsession #obsession