Knitting as a Moral Force

"The urge to knit is surely the most moral force in the world. Knitting is industrious, economical, virtuous, therapeutic, mildly creative and above all tranquillising. Research would show that knitting wives never become nervous wrecks and that it is never knitting girls who break up happy homes. Conversely it would be found that the Other Woman never knits."

From the archive, 10 February 1961: Teenage knits: two thirds of teenagers are knitters, says survey
Originally published in the Guardian on 10 February 1961