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title: "2 Stitches Quotes By Elizabeth Zimmermann"
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> [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 opposite direction you are really picking up the concavities between the loops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/knitting-is-formed-by-a-series-of-loops-pulled-through-loops-to-the/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

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> [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 right. Shut your eyes and knit two stitches. Open them. Shut them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/what-you-can-t-knit-in-the-dark-stuff-and-nonsense-anybody-can-shut/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

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## More by Elizabeth Zimmermann

> [(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/knitting-while-on-a-motorcycle-for-several-years-she-knitted-in/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/i-know-that-spinning-sets-me-in-a-trance-it-soothes-me-and-charges-my/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/one-tends-to-give-one-s-fingers-too-little-credit-for-their-own-good/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/now-comes-what-i-perhaps-inflatedly-call-my-philosophy-of-knitting/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/really-all-you-need-to-become-a-good-knitter-are-wool-needles-hands/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [For people allergic to wool, one's heart can only bleed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/for-people-allergic-to-wool-one-s-heart-can-only-bleed/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/pass-by-the-synthetic-yarn-department-then-with-your-nose-in-the-air/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/one-un-vents-something-one-unearths-it-one-digs-it-up-one-runs-it/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/i-can-knit-i-knit-all-year-day-in-day-out-it-is-my-passion-and-i/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/knitting-is-formed-by-a-series-of-loops-pulled-through-loops-to-the/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/really-handknitting-is-a-dreamy-activity-built-into-many-people-s/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/knit-on-with-confidence-and-hope-through-all-crises/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/there-is-no-right-way-to-knit-there-is-no-wrong-way-to-knit-so-if/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [“I am a knitting fool. It's a quiet pastime, and a productive one. It enables one to join in the conversation or switch one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/i-am-a-knitting-fool-it-s-a-quiet-pastime-and-a-productive-one-it/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

> [Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/now-let-us-all-take-a-deep-breath-and-forge-on-into-the-future/)

[Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/)

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