Knitting Quotes

“Knitting keeps me from stabbing people.”

— Jennie Breeden

I want a sword not a knitting needle -Kalen

— David Eddings

Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

I love the way knitting brings people together.

— Debbie Macomber

“All knitting is choreography.”

— Clara Parkes

The Friday Night Knitting Club

— Kate Jacobs

“Knitting is the saving of life.”

— Virginia Woolf

All Newfoundlander men can knit.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Tradesman XV. Knitting XVI. Still Knitting XVII. One Night XVIII. Nine Days XIX.”

— Charles Dickens

“Through the knitting of the swatch, we become old friends.”

— Hannah Thiessen

“The Grindstone III. The Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer”

— Charles Dickens

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

I am not someone who has hobbies. I have tried knitting, and I can't figure it out.

— Gillian Flynn

“Country IX. The Gorgon's Head X. Two Promises XI. A Companion Picture XII. The Fellow”

— Charles Dickens

It sounds a bit sad, but my new hobby is knitting. I love it. I find it really relaxing.

— Ella Henderson

“all that was missing...was everything else? Ann Hood, the Knitting Circle”

— Ann Hood

[If] you are ready enough to pull my knitting to pieces, but provide none of your own, the only sock is a…

— Anonymous

“VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards IX. The Game Made X. The Substance of the Shadow XI.…

— Charles Dickens

Why do you have a cigarette lighter in your glove compartment?" her husband, Jack, asked her. "I'm bored with knitting. I've taken…

— Audrey Niffenegger

Winter is for women The woman still at her knitting, At the cradle of Spanish walnut, Her body a bulb in the…

— Sylvia Plath

“Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer VI. Triumph VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards”

— Charles Dickens

“First—Recalled to Life I. The Period II. The Mail III. The Night Shadows IV. The Preparation V. The”

— Charles Dickens

“Shadow XI. Dusk XII. Darkness XIII. Fifty-two XIV. The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever”

— Charles Dickens

People just need to go back to the ancient crafts. We should teach people to do whittling at school, or knitting.

— Phoebe Fox

“Castiglione has 150 employees. But every March another 120 are hired to work the tonnara. The leader is known by the Arab…

— Mark Kurlansky

I like hanging around people who knit. They are usually in a good mood. People who are staring into their iPhones *and*…

— Mark Frauenfelder

I met this wonderful guy who owned an old pub near the Eiffel Tower called Malone's (he's French but it's an Irish…

— Regina Spektor

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

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

“Knitting is a skill that is commonly associated with being relaxing, but I bet you didn’t know that it also holds a…

— Emma Brown

There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn,…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as…

— Amy Dickinson

“But unvented - ahh! One un-vents something; one unearths it; one digs it up, one runs it down in whatever recesses of…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time…

— Amy Tan

“She believed in public service; she felt she had to roll up her sleeves and do something useful for the war effort.…

— Margaret Atwood

“-BDB on the board- Knitter's Anonimous May 8, 2006 Rhage (in his bedroom posting in V's room on the board) Hi, my…

— J.R. Ward

...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Sarah looked down at the partially—perfectly—finished sweater on her lap and found a smile. “Not even close.” “Pull out a strand of…

— Bella Andre

There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what…

— Elizabeth Zimmermann

“Even when it isn't going well, knitting can be deeply spiritual. Knitting sets goals that you can meet. Sometimes when I work…

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee