A Life in Stitches Quotes

“revision so much that I teach it. We take our best stabs at things, and if we’re being brave and acting out of courage, not fear, we will fail. I fail all the time! I fail at making my books say what I want them to in the first draft, or even in the fourth draft, sometimes. Failure is a huge part of my writing (and my knitting) journey, and thank goodness for”
― Rachael Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter

“But in both knitting and writing, mistakes can be made, learned from, and unmade, in order to make something new, something better.”
― Rachael Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter

“Once I was lucky enough to rent an apartment just around the way from the Casino, and I pretended I lived there, making my coffee in the caffettiera, drinking it on my terrace overlooking the red roofs.”
― Rachael Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter

“La Serenissima keeps her secrets from most of those who tromp through on a one-day pass, those tourists who never get off the crowded main calles and complain about the canal’s fragrance on warm days, but if you wait, if you’re patient and very lucky, Venice reveals her plans and her reasons in her own good time.”
― Rachael Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter

“Travel so far to feed a new obsession? Who would do that?”
― Rachael Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter

“And her story reminds me of this: The fact that I still have my person is just pure dumb luck.”
― Rachael Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter