Miller wrote: “For a woman to dream of knitting, denotes that she will possess a quiet and peaceful home, where a loving…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Knitting · Heading 1129; source lines 12996–13013 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a woman to dream of knitting, denotes that she will possess a quiet and peaceful home, where a loving companion and dutiful children delight to give pleasure.
For a man to be in a kniting-mill, indicates thrift and a solid rise in prospects.
For a young woman to dream of knitting, is an omen of a hasty but propitious marriage.
For a young woman to dream that she works in a knitting-mill, denotes that she will have a worthy and loyal lover. To see the mill in which she works dilapidated, she will meet with reverses in fortune and love.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Knitting · Dream section, heading 242; source lines 4440–4443 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Is a sign of mischievous talk on the part of friends.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Knitting · Printed p. 227–228; NLM OCR lines 10562–10569 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting wicked talk, gossip (Gypsy). The domestic occupations of women frequently bear this meaning.
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