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Tag: needles

Posted on October 23, 2013

Mid-Week Quote: Knitting

Lady Hendrie in a sitting pose, knitting (HS85-10-31602)

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
Dorothy Day

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The ancient Egyptians, incidentally, treated arthritis with electric catfish—or, as the hieroglyphics call them, "angry catfish". Remarkably, electric catfish can be trained to stun on cue, which seems like something coastguards and river police should be looking into before a supervillain does.
—The Ambition of a Potato

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