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 ZimmermanTumblr (3.0; @feitoamao)http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/172d68a8e2d7271fd43a9b1ac87104bc/tumblr_mlorh4N2uG1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“Two years ago, I lost everything. I ended up in a small trailor in the woods of South Georgia 20 miles from the nearest town. I ended up knitting teddy bears to get myself out of there. It took six months, it took walking 7 miles a day to the nearest post office, and took a lot hope, prayer, and resilience. My teddy bears became admired, adored, and longed for.</span></p> <p><span>(…)</span></p> <p><span> I’ve knit nearly 600 teddy bears in these last two years, and though people love them, I’ve only just begun what I think could be an amazing moment in entrepreneurial history, where a man, homeless and with nothing, managed to build an empire by knitting. Yeah…by KNITTING. A rough looking, bearded red neck of a man who smells of Old Spice that knits teddy bears showed the world that it takes passion, persistance, and a certain amount of humility to build a business into a brand.”</span></p> <p><a href="http://madmanknitting.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span> Mad Man Knitting</span></a></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/48662469379http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/48662469379Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:12:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ddc0c597c1daa121b194707b486b2d81/tumblr_mlj17dnHpb1qegasto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com/post/48393715651" target="_blank">ornamentedbeing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="image" class="inline_external_image constrained_image enlarged" height="49" src="http://i.imgur.com/rqTBx.gif" width="44"/></p> </blockquote> <p><em>“Chained to her chair by weight of years, </em></p> <p><em>She listless knits till death appears”</em></p> <p>And that’s why even today knitting is an ‘old woman thing’ :(</p> <p>(bigger image <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Life_and_age_of_woman.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>)</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/48418106015http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/48418106015Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:34:00 -0400knittingvictorian<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C8fTjfjO27A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0#t=13m59s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Davis" target="_blank">Sir Colin Davis</a>, a knitter.</span></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/48186782985http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/48186782985Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:26:00 -0400knittingvideo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79279213469c9eff783a868c8a60a6bc/tumblr_ml2ommUkpK1qau7l0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Pre-Code star Kay Francis knitting on the set.</em></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47888952117http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47888952117Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:00:19 -0400knittingkay francis<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/34e1d97c1877ed4c63fa5d3c6a4b4aa9/tumblr_ml2ofkcOyr1qau7l0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Nicks-Knitting-Margaret-Wild/dp/0152005188" target="_blank">Mr Nick’s Knitting</a></p> <p>(Illustration by <a href="http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/books/contributor_profile.asp?ContributorID=137&channel=" target="_blank">Dee Huxley</a>)</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47857170491http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47857170491Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:00:28 -0400knittingIllustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf6ac0004b062f940d531f339efd7866/tumblr_ml2lq4NTdY1qau7l0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCass_Elliot&ei=NSdmUdH9COqx0AHW-4G4Dw&usg=AFQjCNEhNju7dj6qSyGKOsrLSELs0R1Gfg&sig2=3lwBg7khA_3NWW2hMLiKOg&bvm=bv.45107431,d.dmQ" target="_blank">“Mama” Cass Eliot</a></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47800763207http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47800763207Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:37 -0400knittingmama casscass eliot<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5475f67315e8c217e359d7aa733a4fb/tumblr_ml2lms79b91qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/NanuGraphic?ref=seller_info" target="_blank">NanuGraphic</a></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47775514859http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47775514859Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:00:28 -0400knittingIllustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/74e4b5d8491d48eaaaa0e5fe79021e66/tumblr_ml2lh9zFCf1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47720342793http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47720342793Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:27 -0400knitting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba73d58ee53be1a2357dc4c8238caf34/tumblr_ml2ld1M7Xq1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Café rue de Rivoli, 1957 (Robert Doisneau)</span></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47695484294http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47695484294Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:00:26 -0400knittingparis1957robert doisneau<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f62e0927bf6a65600946df3d75fcf611/tumblr_mktd66JMCS1s07a1xo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lady-annabeth-crowley.tumblr.com/post/47246226185/can-this-man-get-any-more-fucking-adorable-what" target="_blank">lady-annabeth-crowley</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Can this man get any more fucking adorable? What the hell, Misha?!</p> </blockquote>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47268183780http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47268183780Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:28:33 -0400knittingmisha collinssupernatural<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f53bc6615f9fbf3dd3497d7eb4ea97ad/tumblr_mkt1p0brvr1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Have to watch it!</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47227023313http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/47227023313Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:10:11 -0400knittingmoviefunny<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4f109c1d629453706e8d629f1ee4a9c3/tumblr_mkfmfvhBwp1qau7l0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/09/20/knitting-marathon-runner-to-race-in-liverpool-100252-29452394/" target="_blank"><span>Susie Hewer, 54, holds Guinness World Records for knitting the longest scarf and the longest crochet chain while running a marathon.</span></a></em><span><br/></span></p> <p>(Amazing. Her blog is <a href="http://extremeknittingredhead.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>)</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46604273565http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46604273565Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:11:00 -0400knittingrunnermarathon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/03a1405f6b828aca0c9ede1763e564f4/tumblr_mgh8czdB1m1qj5my4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beardedmeninknittedthings.tumblr.com/post/40371111924/gregory-a-bearded-man-knitting-by-the-sea" target="_blank">beardedmeninknittedthings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>Gregory: A bearded man knitting by the sea….</p> <p>looks delightful! thanks for submitting.</p> </div> </blockquote>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46415347569http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46415347569Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:00:22 -0400knitting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f5ad8072e0b8cee9d7a426be40d0394/tumblr_mk1fkz3izk1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sidney Poitier relaxing with his crocheting wife. (1959)</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46357297572http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46357297572Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:00:36 -0400crochetsidney poitier<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30ca77030f36f776f1592e6e8459ff2c/tumblr_mfyvnikUYR1qkpirfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://peira.tumblr.com/post/39411609623/peter-ilsted-a-woman-knitting-by-a-window-1902" target="_blank">peira</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><strong>Peter Ilsted</strong>:  A Woman Knitting by a Window (1902) via <a href="http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=84702" target="_blank">The Athenaeum</a></p> </div> </blockquote>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46331327814http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46331327814Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:00:13 -0400knittingartpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/689c8359417d6230b461e58b4532a983/tumblr_mk1fhuKbTR1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-super-gran-knits-away-for-ambulance-1-5093236" target="_blank">Knitter Val Pawsey with air crew paramedics Tony Wilkes and James Vine after raising over  </a><span>£ </span><a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-super-gran-knits-away-for-ambulance-1-5093236" target="_blank">13,000 in total for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.</a></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46272496424http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46272496424Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:00:32 -0400knitting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6969dbf1a717abf8f65e60fcc1c61fa9/tumblr_mk1eijVs1f1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Merle Oberon, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier.</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46245311996http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46245311996Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:29 -0400knittingMerle OberonVivien LeighLaurence Olivier<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3530f68e1b878d2ee055da4f38fa62a7/tumblr_mj7l338bY11r80l46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://soyouknit.tumblr.com/post/45367808914/jack-bauer-knitting" target="_blank">soyouknit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jack Bauer Knitting</p> </blockquote>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46186287109http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46186287109Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:00:34 -0400knittingjack bauerkiefer sutherland<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e63a1e4f0d83fe6d3b27a5e640957972/tumblr_mk1edu7hBk1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/blau?ref=owner_profile_leftnav" target="_blank">Eva Carot</a></p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46153291491http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46153291491Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:00:22 -0400knittingIllustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d4759b77c8b3cda0c3cbec80442a33a8/tumblr_mk1e6jQVIo1qau7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scene in an italian farmhouse (1945)</p>http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46096510159http://feitoamao.tumblr.com/post/46096510159Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:00:20 -0400knittingww2italywar