Top 7 Reasons Our Next President Should Be a Knitter

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   MarionM January 8, 2018

   Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a knitter. Leading a minority government, she was particularly known for the skills of patience, problem-solving, and ability to multitask on numerous fronts.

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   MarionM January 8, 2018

   Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a knitter. Leading a minority government, she was particularly known for the skills of patience, problem-solving, and ability to multitask on numerous fronts.

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   linlal December 29, 2017

   Do we actually know that Hillary’s not a knitter already? Or, for that matter, Bernie?
   Another point in favour of all yarn arts – they create common ground with people you may not have much in common with. Have you ever been in a public space like a bus or in a park and struck up a conversation about your project with a total stranger, possibly someone you might not have noticed before? I’ve had some great discussions in yarn stores with other people that I might not have crossed paths with anywhere else. I have two friends I met this way – we have nothing in common except balls of yarn which makes our coffee shop dates very interesting!
   If people in public life concentrated more on what brings us together rather than trying to drive wedges between people, we could have some very different conversations about where we’re going.

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      Norma P January 8, 2018

      I worked with a man for many years who knitted very intricate sweaters and other knitted items for his daughter. His wife was knitting a sweater and ran into problems, when she said that she was having trouble – he made the mistake of telling her she should be able to figure that out, she responded that if he thought it was so easy he should try it and proceeded to hand him the knitting, needles and pattern and told him to have at it.He read up on knitting, and finally “figured it out” and finished the sweater and continued knitting for many years. He has since passed away, but he was a Federal lawenforcement agent and a very nice person to know and work with. So there are some men who are not afraid to tackle these patterns. Just think more of them should take up the craft as it can be very rewarding to make items that can help other persons. I like to knit baby blankets and when I get the one I am over half with finished I plan to check if our local hospital to see if they would like to have them for some of the new babies. I love working with the soft yarns so knitting is very comfortining for me also.

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      MaryF January 8, 2018

      The video was made to diminish and disrespect and intelligent, highly qualified, and caring woman. I don’t find your article to be a very worthwhile contribution. Knitting can be an enjoyable hobby and useful craft, but it is not a reference for it indicator of good character. I know lots of knitterss and they are kind, mean, intelligent or not, generous ,stingy, etc. They have no claim to be a better human than the practitioners of any other hobby it craft. It’s silly to claim otherwise.

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   linlal December 29, 2017

   Do we actually know that Hillary’s not a knitter already? Or, for that matter, Bernie?
   Another point in favour of all yarn arts – they create common ground with people you may not have much in common with. Have you ever been in a public space like a bus or in a park and struck up a conversation about your project with a total stranger, possibly someone you might not have noticed before? I’ve had some great discussions in yarn stores with other people that I might not have crossed paths with anywhere else. I have two friends I met this way – we have nothing in common except balls of yarn which makes our coffee shop dates very interesting!
   If people in public life concentrated more on what brings us together rather than trying to drive wedges between people, we could have some very different conversations about where we’re going.

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      Norma P January 8, 2018

      I worked with a man for many years who knitted very intricate sweaters and other knitted items for his daughter. His wife was knitting a sweater and ran into problems, when she said that she was having trouble – he made the mistake of telling her she should be able to figure that out, she responded that if he thought it was so easy he should try it and proceeded to hand him the knitting, needles and pattern and told him to have at it.He read up on knitting, and finally “figured it out” and finished the sweater and continued knitting for many years. He has since passed away, but he was a Federal lawenforcement agent and a very nice person to know and work with. So there are some men who are not afraid to tackle these patterns. Just think more of them should take up the craft as it can be very rewarding to make items that can help other persons. I like to knit baby blankets and when I get the one I am over half with finished I plan to check if our local hospital to see if they would like to have them for some of the new babies. I love working with the soft yarns so knitting is very comfortining for me also.

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      MaryF January 8, 2018

      The video was made to diminish and disrespect and intelligent, highly qualified, and caring woman. I don’t find your article to be a very worthwhile contribution. Knitting can be an enjoyable hobby and useful craft, but it is not a reference for it indicator of good character. I know lots of knitterss and they are kind, mean, intelligent or not, generous ,stingy, etc. They have no claim to be a better human than the practitioners of any other hobby it craft. It’s silly to claim otherwise.