Superstition of the Week - Knitting

KNITTING

• It's bad luck to leave a project unfinished. The intended recipient will get bad luck from the unfinished item.


• Stabbing your needles through your yarn balls brings bad luck to anyone who wears something made from that yarn.


• Don't knit a pair of socks for your boyfriend or he will walk away from you. (Or perhaps an easy way to get rid of an unwanted guest?)


• Don’t knit anything for your love until a tie such as marriage binds them to you, or they will leave you. (Refer to above comment)


• Conversely, if you knit one of your own hairs into a garment, it will bind the recipient to you.


• Knitting for children you may have in the future, but before you are pregnant, is bad luck as it may prevent one from getting pregnant, or could bring ill health to the baby.


• Knitting on the side of the stage or on stage by an actor or actress is regarded as unlucky.


• Never hand knitting needles to a friend, they can stab the friendship. Put them down and let the friend pick them up.


• Never cast on knitting on a Friday or you’ll not finish it. (Friday's just keep on getting a bad wrap)