Read any good knitting?
Note that there's a new link in the Links session on the sidebar; I've put up a (very sparse) page for links to or just names of literary works with knitters. I've just started it, so if you have any suggestions, drop me a line and I'll add them to the list. I know I need to put up links to various mythological tales and will get to those as I have time to hunt them down.
No knitting at all today. I've been doing a quick tour of Mary Wollstonecraft, reviewing A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman. It's all quite lovely, although I can't help but think that were Wollstonecraft to say some of the things she said back in the 1790's today, we'd look at her the way we look at folks like Dr. Laura.
Anywho--it's been a long one. I think I'll take Maria and Henry Darnforth up to bed with me. Good night all.
Comments
I almost hesitate to mention it, in case these books don't count as "good books", but Miss Marple is surely one of the more famous knitters in fiction. I don't have any of the Agatha Christies that feature her here, unfortunately, but she always seemed to be knitting something, as far as I remember. And Merlyn knits in T.H. White's "The Sword in the Stone" (see for instance pg. 105 in my edition: "Merlyn was busy knitting himself a woollen night-cap for the winter. 'I cast off two together at every other line' said Merlyn, 'but for some reason it seems to end too sharply. Like an onion, you know. It's the tuning of the heel that does you, every time.'" And it goes on throughout the scene). That's one of my favourite books, still.
Posted by: Aven | February 10, 2004 12:33 AM
I love the knitting references! You're off to a great start. And judging from the other comment, your list will grow daily!
Julia
Posted by: Julia | February 10, 2004 09:14 PM