Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
Barbara G. Walker

Born: July 2, 1930
Died: December 21, 2025 (aged 95)
Bio: Barbara G. Walker was an American author and feminist. She was an influential knitting expert and the author of several classic encyclopedic knitting references, despite "not taking to it at all" when she first learned in college.
Known for:
- A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns (1968)
- Knitting from the Top (1972)
- Mosaic Knitting (1976)






