Like drawing, painting, or writing, knitting is a creative act, and as such is frequently regarded as a frivolous or silly way to spend time. Much of humanity thinks that satisfying the human urge to create is not really important—certainly not as important as real jobs or efforts, like banking or wiring electricity. All of us would do well to remember that the decline of arts and creativity in a civilization (as well as the decline of support for those things) has historically indicated the beginning of the epic fall of that culture. Remember that creativity and art define civilizations . . . and then pass me that scarf I’m working on. I’m saving us all. .