'tend to one's knitting

tend to one's knitting English Verb * en stick to one's knitting. en 1915 The Spectator: An American Weekly Review of Insurance https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=67Q-AQAAMAAJ 94 Say! if you want to be happy, loved and admired by all, keep your place—’tend to your knitting—mind your own business, and mind it well. en 1929 Reginald Charles Barker The Hair-Trigger Brand https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qK8aAQAAMAAJ 66 “Better go home and ’tend to your knitting, you men,” said one, urging his horse forward en 1938 Hugh Pentecost [Judson Philips] The Death Syndicate https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HMVQAQAAMAAJ 166 “You want me to forget all those things, go home, and ’tend to my knitting. Is that it, Perdue?”