If Shakespeare Had Learned To Knit.....
For some reason, when Hagrid pulled out knitting in the first Harry Potter book, it made me absurdly happy. I don't know what he was knitting, or if he ever finished it, but it was just this little glimpse of a shared interest and it made me happy. So, I'm thinking that maybe more of our literature could use a little knitting--you know, to make it more accessible....which of course led me to...... Romeo and Juliet : The besotted Juliet knits her beloved a gorgeous sweater in an all-over cable pattern, which invokes the dreaded Boyfriend Sweater curse and Romeo immediately dumps her, and they both live on to marry others and live to ripe, old age. Gone With The Wind: When Rhett leaves Scarlett after not giving a damn, Scarlett remembers she still has her beloved Tara, which she converts into an alpaca farm and she makes a fortune selling Damn Yankee Yarn, which will later inspire a musical of a similar name. Wizard of Oz: Dorothy doesn't end up with th...