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The Nettle Knitter

The Nettle Knitter

On being quixotic

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A. S. Tarmu
Mar 26, 2022
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There is a category of people I like to call “the nettle knitters”. It stems from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale called The Twelve Swans, one of my favorites.

Andersen’s tale of The Twelve Swans is weird. There will be no Disney …

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