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WINTER ' FOURTEEN French Knitting by Elizabeth Hopkinson Artist: Jean-Francois Millet Start Date: c.1856 Completion Date:1857 Style: Realism Genre: genre painting Technique: pastel Material: paper Each night, the witch knits Rapunzel's hair. Round the peg, over the peg, down the hole. Round the peg, over the peg, down the hole. The witch uses a staff, smooth as obsidian after years of knitting, to lift each loop of hair over the last, push it down the limitless p it, straighten the arrangement before making the next loop. There are seven pegs, each as thick as Rapunzel's waist, when the witch first brought her to this room. Seven points of a magic star. Seven nights in each turning of the week. Seven years the witch has knitted, while Rapunzel's figure has changed from smooth stick to gently curving bough. The pit is wider than the witch's ample The Linnet's Wings