Many women sit around a table strewn with tea cups , knitting .
Women are sitting around a table .
Many women sit around a table strewn with tea cups, knitting.
Women are sitting around a table.
Many women and women are the same, as are sit and sitting because the word knitting clarifies the present progressive tense.
Many women and women are the same , as are sit and sitting because the word knitting clarifies the present progressive tense .