I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the….

Now comes what I perhaps inflatedly call my philosophy of knitting. Like many philosophies, it is hard to express in a few words. Its main tenets are….

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

For people allergic to wool, one's heart can only bleed..

I can knit. I knit all year, day in, day out. It is my passion, and I rarely knit the same thing twice the same way..

Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready..

Pass by the synthetic yarn department, then, with your nose in the air. Should a clerk come out with the remark that All Young Mothers In This Day an….

(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and LE….

There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what you are doing is "wrong," don't take umbrage; ….

What? You can't knit in the dark? Stuff and nonsense; anybody can. Shut your eyes. Knit one stitch. Open your eyes and look at the stitch; it's all r….

Knitting is formed by a series of loops pulled through loops to the end of time or to 'desired length'. By picking up loops and working in the opposi….

Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and ac….

One un-vents something; one unearths it; one digs it up; one runs it down in whatever recesses of the eternal consciousness it has gone to ground..

One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense..

Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, suc….

Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises..