Apparently from from the middle of the 19th century. It appeared in A. B. Johnson's
The Philosophical Emperor a Political Experiment, 1841 (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/247100.html)
There be hat knitting and red scarf knitting and I'm hoping a Patch or two will happen. I have a pile of fabric calling me from the sewing room too.
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