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,… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready. — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
One tends to give one's fingers too little credit for their own good sense. — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Now comes what I perhaps inflatedly call my philosophy of knitting. Like many philosophies, it is hard to express in a few words. Its… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
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… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Pass by the synthetic yarn department, then, with your nose in the air. Should a clerk come out with the remark that All Young… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
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… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
I can knit. I knit all year, day in, day out. It is my passion, and I rarely knit the same thing twice the… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Knitting is formed by a series of loops pulled through loops to the end of time or to 'desired length'. By picking up loops… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
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… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
