Knitting and the Goddess Neith (Nit) are one and the same. She is older than the first dynasty of Egypt, yet so powerful that she’s depicted wearing the Deshret or Red Crown, usually reserved for the pharaoh of Lower Egypt. She birthed the sun and empowers the warriors. Her symbols are the shuttlecock, shield and arrows. She is the “Mother of the Gods,” a “Great Goddess,” as well as the guardian of men and gods.

Sojourner Truth walked away from the plantation where she was a slave, with her infant daughter, Sophia. Isabella Baumfree was an African American freedom fighter and human rights activist. She was also a prolific spinner and knitter, who used knitting as a life changing tool. In 1843 named herself Sojourner Truth. She had a mind of her own and she used it. Her life was, built on the principles of Maat (truth), Kujichagulia (self-determination) and righteousness. She was the first Hip Hop rapper !

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, after giving up his law practice in South Africa, where he became a spokesman for the Indian people, in their struggle to throw off the yoke of British imperialism. Ghandi didn’t believe in half stepping. When he did something he went all the way. Not only did he give up the ways of the colonizer, he gave up Western clothes too and eventually refused to wear anything that was not made in India. This led to his invention of the charkha, a portable spinning wheel, which is hand-cranked.