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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting. – Benjamin Franklin

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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. – Benjamin Franklin

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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 and mine, is an advantage. – Elizabeth Zimmerman

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Needlepoint: the delicious art of filling in holes with wool. – Carole Berman and Jennifer Lazarus

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I like making a piece of string into something I can wear. – Author Unknown

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