Knitting is an incredibly therapeutic and addictive hobby that is adored by millions of parents, children, and grandparents around the world (including myself ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ).
Because of this, I have rounded up some of the most loving and inspirational knitting quotes that are sure to motivate you to pick some yarn and needle.
Side note: If I have missed any quotes about knitting or if you have come up with your own, please share them down below! ๐๐งถ
63+ Beautiful Knitting Quotes & Images
1.ย “Knitting is my happy place.” – Proverbs
2. “I like making a piece of string into something I can wear.” – Unknown
3. “What we love to do, we find time to do.” – John L. Spalding
4. “Sweater is cozier if it is knitted by granny.” – Tashiya
5. “Art is an experience, not an object.” – Robert Motherwell
6. “Joy is a pair of knitting needles.” – Proverb
7. “Knitting is the saving of life.” – Virginia Wolf
8. “Knit your hearts with an unslipping knot.” – William Shakespeare
9. “In the rhythm of the needles, there is music for the soul.” – Proverbs
10. “Every experience is a stitch in the fabric of our character.” – Gary Clausing
11. “Life is created one stitch at a time.” – Taylor O’ Shea
12. “It develops math skills. A knitting project is geometric.” – Maggie DeCuir
13. “I love the way knitting brings people together.” – Debbie Macomber
14. “Being creative is not a hobby it’s a way of life.” – Proverb
15. “Sometimes your heart speaks best through your hands.” – Proverbs
16. “Love weaves itself from hundreds of threads.” – David Levithan
17. “Knit on, with confidence and hope through all crises.” – Elizabeth Zimmerman
18. “All design is the process of making experiences.” – Nathan Shedroff
19. “Simple acts of creativity, done mindfully, bring us joy.” – Unknown
20. “Through all that bens and breaks, you are still wrapped in grace.” – Morgan Harper Nichols
21. “I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
22. “I just want to make beautiful things even if nobody cares.” – Proverbs
23. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso
24. “Beautiful things come together with one stitch at a time.” – Unknown
25. “Their hearts tangled. As if woolen knitting a warm sweater of love.” – Proverbs
26. “I just want to create pretty things and ignore all my adult problems.” – Proverb
27. “Love is someone who offers to find your stitches when you drop them.” – Unknown
28. “Now, let us take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.” – Elizabeth Zimmermann
29. “Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
30. “You don’t knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
31. “I’m a tortoise in writing, but when it comes to knitting, even a rabbit can’t beat me.” – Fathima Shamla
32. “In a ball of yarn is the potential to make a dream that you have come true.” – Melanie Falick
33. “Some people simply saw a ball of wool; she saw warmth, sensuality, rhythm, and home.” – Unknown
34. “Stick to a task ’til it sticks to you… for beginners are many, but finishers few.” – Thomas S. Monson
35. “I like taking a ball of yarn and making something beautiful for someone I love.” – Taylor O’ Shea
36. “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” – Roy T. Bennett
37. “Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn’t hurt the untroubled spirit either.” – Elizabeth Zimmermann
38. “Her wish was simple: peace in every nation. Joy in every heart and a mitten on every hand.” – Unknown
39. “In life, as in knitting, don’t leave loose ends. Take the time to thank the people who matter in your life.” – Reba Linker
40. “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
41. “People who start projects and never finish them are cooler than people who never start projects.” – Unknown
42. “Give a woman a sweater and she’ll be happy for a day; teach a woman to knit and she’ll be happy for a lifetime.” – Proverbs
43. “The only certainty is that we never know what tomorrow holds. We live for today, life is short, so let’s enjoy it together while we can.” – Jinxx
44. “It’s only knitting and its one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
45. “Crafting can be an escape from the world it helps us through the hard times by keeping us focused on something creative & beautiful.” – Unknown
46. “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
47. “For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother’s womb I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” – Psalm 139:13-14
48. “Never apologize for gifting a hand made gift. It’s a sign that you have a big heart, and that you aren’t afraid to let other’s see it. Making something for someone is to show great affection.” – Unknown
49. “Every ball or skein of yarn holds something inside it. and the great mystery of what that might be is almost spiritual.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
50. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” – Tony Robbins
51. “That every person is desirous to obtain, with as little sacrifice as possible, as much as possible of the articles of wealth.” – Nassau William Senior
52. “In winter the men would fight and sing and sleep and wake and fight again. and the women would shake their heads and sew and knit and mend.” – Neil Gaiman
53. “You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.” – Robert Anton Wilson
54. “Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
55. “Maybe the finished product is not the whole point. Maybe finished us is not the entire point. The point is the learning and the growing and creating of something really cool.” – Emily Watts
56. “When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.” – Michael Bridge
57. “You’ve heard about the knitter’s handshake? Two hands go in for the grab-and-shake, but at the last minute, they veer to the closest sleeve or brand and grab it instead while we ask, Did you knit this?” – Clara Parkers
58. “Knitting may not, on the surface, seem relevant to engines that run the world, but as its essence, it is actually quite vital. For knitting, which can express so many emotions, most often expresses love. And when all else is lost, love is what most often stays with us.” – Melanie Falick, Knit Lit. 2002
59. “When people see me knitting, I tell them I’m a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before. but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit every day, all the time, everywhere I go.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
60. “When we engage in fiber arts, we are creating something, but we’re also participating in historic traditions tens of thousands of years old. You are not only making art for your soul and for future generations, but you are also embodying the work of our ancestors.” – The Woven Road
61. “There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what you are doing is wrong, don’t take umbrage; they mean well. Smile submissively, and listen, keeping your disagreement on an entirely mental level. They may be right, in this particular case, and even if not, they may drop off pieces of information which will come in very handy if you file them away carefully in your brain for future reference.” – Elizabeth Zimmerman
62. “It is important for knitters to know two things about frogging: that cats are capable of this knitting action, and even seem to enjoy it and seek opportunities to do it; and that foul language is a normal, healthy accompaniment to frogging, whether it is you or the cat that accomplished the task.” – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Conclusion Of The Best Knitting Quotes, Sayings, and Proverbs
Hopefully, some of these short and funny knitting quotes have inspired you to pick up a knitting needle and yarn to start creating your very own garment. If you are looking for some more inspiration, here is a great guide for beginner knitters and also some knitting ideas. You can also see my post on sewing quotes too!