Friday, October 18, 2013

Art, Literature, and Knitting. What's Not to Love??

I stumbled across this blog post by Terri Windling at Myth and Moor today. It is a lovely meditation on Art, Literature, and Knitting.

I love this little bit: 
". . .Like writing, knitting has a finite number of raw ingredients. There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet. Those letters can combine to give you David Foster Wallace or freshman composition papers. There are only two basic stitches: the knit and the purl. Those stitches can add up to a gorgeously complicated sweater or a pastel pink toilet paper cozy . . ." Adrienne Martini, Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously

The Sock Knitter by Grace Crossington Smith (Australian, 1892 - 1984)
Here is the link.The art is very nice and the quotes range to Stephanie Pearl McPhee and Harry Potter. I shared it with several knitting friends but I think everyone would like it.