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 news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results.
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. - Elizabeth Zimmermann
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.
- Elizabeth Zimmermann
Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready. - Elizabeth Zimmermann
Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.
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; … - Elizabeth Zimmermann
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; …
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… - Elizabeth Zimmermann
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…
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… - Elizabeth Zimmermann
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…
Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises. - Elizabeth Zimmermann
Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.
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… - Elizabeth Zimmermann
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…
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… - Elizabeth Zimmermann
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…
Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, suc… - Elizabeth Zimmermann
Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, suc…
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