Both books I was reading this week had knitting in them. Eric Newby’s A Small Place In Italy mentions a woman who knits rather aggressively and thusly he expresses her character. Tom Henry in Dogless in Metchosin devotes a chapter to how two of the women in his life finally got accepted into rural communities: his mother with her pork and beans, his partner, Lorna Jackson, with her knitting. I find it a bit curious that he titled the piece Arts and Crafts.