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  • #1
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can't tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble.

    "...knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.”
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  • #2
    “Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
    Elizabeth Zimmerman

  • #3
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “ It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. Birthday on Saturday? No problem. Socks are small. Never mind that the average sock knit out of sock-weight yarn contains about 17,000 stitches. Never mind that you need two of them. (That's 34,000 stitches, for anybody keeping track.)
    Socks are only physically small. By stitch count, they are immense.”
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #4
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.”
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #5
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “Despite what we knitters know to be true, the non-knitting world somehow persists in thinking that a "knitter" looks a certain way. Most likely, this picture is one of an elderly woman, grandmotherly and polite, sitting in her rocking chair surrounded by homemade cookies and accompanied by a certain number of cats.

    In reality, a knitter today is just as likely to be young, hip, male, and sitting at a "Stitch and Bitch" in a local bar. Several of today's best knitting designers are men, and a knitter is as likely to have body piercings as homemade cookies.

    Despite our diversity, the tendency to be accompanied by a cat is an oddity among knitters that cannot be explained.
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #6
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “The best reason for a knitter to marry is that you can't teach the cat to be impressed when you finish a lace scarf.”
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #7
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard to believe because, until you get good at it, knitting seems to cause those ailments.

    The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.”
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #8
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    Advice for New Knitters

    When choosing a pattern, look for ones that have words such as "simple", "basic", and "easy". If you see the words "intriguing", "challenging", or "intricate", look elsewhere.

    If you happen across a pattern that says "heirloom", slowly put down the pattern and back away.

    "Heirloom" is knitting code for "This pattern is so difficult that you would consider death a relief".
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #9
    Audrey Niffenegger
    “Why do you have a cigarette lighter in your glove compartment?" her husband, Jack, asked her. "I'm bored with knitting. I've taken up arson”
    Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry

  • #10
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
    “Some knitters say that they buy yarn with no project in mind and wait patiently for the yarn to "speak" to them. This reminds me of Michelangelo, who believed that every block of stone he carved had the statue waiting inside and that all he did was reveal it. I think I've had yarn speak to me during the knitting process, and I've definitely spoken to it. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, or maybe my yarn and I aren't on such good terms, but it really seems to me that all I say is "please" and all it ever says is "no".”
    Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

  • #11
    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    Bernard M. Baruch

  • #12
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    Albert Einstein

  • #13
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #14
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • #15
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    Frank Zappa

  • #16
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

  • #17
    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #18
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #19
    Steve Jobs
    “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
    Steve Jobs

  • #20
    Oscar Wilde
    “It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #21
    Oscar Wilde
    “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
    Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • #22
    Oscar Wilde
    “A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #23
    Oscar Wilde
    “I am not young enough to know everything.”
    Oscar Wilde
    tags: age

  • #24
    Oscar Wilde
    “A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #25
    Oscar Wilde
    “Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #26
    Oscar Wilde
    “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.”
    Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

  • #27
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    Robert A. Heinlein

  • #28
    Terry Pratchett
    “If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
    Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

  • #29
    Terry Pratchett
    “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
    Terry Pratchett

  • #30
    Lemony Snicket
    “If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
    Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window



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