36. Knitting outside can bring longer winters. - Deepstash
36. Knitting outside can bring longer winters.

36. Knitting outside can bring longer winters.

If you’re in Iceland, keep the knitting inside, unless you like the cold weather. There’s a superstition that doing your needlework on your front porch will keep the temperatures freezing.

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