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Another advance was made by means of the shell-pattern quilt I am knitting for you.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Anne knits her stint each day, and will soon have hers done, but her second pair I am knitting for the child.

From A Little Maid of Province Town by Smith, Wuanita

"I am knitting you a diamond necklace for Christmas," she wrote.

From The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman

It is a stocking—I am knitting for my little poor children.

From Renée Mauperin by Hallard, Alys

Having come to this conclusion, I pulled out the golf-stockings I am knitting for Ben, and fell to work, with the result that it was tea-time before I knew it.

From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Goodwin, Maud Wilder