Quotes on Needlework

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.