beth pinckney: Off the needles ...

"Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either." -Elizabeth Zimmerman

We sat on the back porch one summer evening a few years ago, family and friends enjoying quiet conversation and tea. I was knitting. A young man, on his way up in the world of business in New York City, watched my hands moving with the needles and remarked, "Just watching you makes me feel peaceful."

Whenever I fly on an airplane, I knit. On one flight, a man passing by my seat remarked, "I didn't know people did that anymore," and then added wistfully, "My grandmother used to knit."

I'm a Gramma now and I plan to keep knitting, in spite of arthritic hands.

I'm here on Ravelry ...