"We had weeks and weeks of meetings with these men and she totally 
unnerved them because she knitted all the way through. It was 
extraordinary to watch these big, powerful bureaucrats having temper 
tantrums, only to be met with a look of disdain from the stony face of 
Kathleen Shannon and the rhythmic clacking sound of knit one, purl one. 
... When it was clear that we had won, Kathleen looked at me and smiled 
and said, "Well you've got your film and I've got a new sweater!"
— Terre Nash, "Against the Grain: In 1974, when Kathleen Shannon Founded Studio D." This Magazine. Vol. 31, no. 6 (May-June 1998)
— Terre Nash, "Against the Grain: In 1974, when Kathleen Shannon Founded Studio D." This Magazine. Vol. 31, no. 6 (May-June 1998)



 
 
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