Yarn Harlot Quotes

“Even when it isn't going well, knitting can be deeply spiritual. Knitting sets goals that you can meet. Sometimes when I work on something complicated or difficult - ripping out my work and starting over, porong over tomes of knitting expertise, screeching "I don't get it!" white practically weeping with frusteation - my husband looks at me and says, "I don't know why you think you like knitting." I just stare at him. I don't like knitting. I LOVE knitting. I don't know what could have possible led him to think that I'm not enjoying myself. The cursing? The crying? The forteen sheets of shredded graph paper? Knittong is like a marriage (I tell him) and you don't just trash the whole thing because there are bad moments.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“I have not yet formulated a plan to force people to knit that is likely to be successful, but the one where I locked resistant people in a freezer filled with yarn and needles has promise, if I can work out the ethical issues.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“Really, Joe? Really? You freaking think so?”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“Knitting is magic. Knitting is an act of creation and a simple transformation each and every time.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“It was at this point that I started to wonder if she were running a scam. A huge cosmic “getting knitted stuff” scam, since it had occurred to me that the more things she found itchy the more things I was going to be compelled to knit for her. I started thinking (and possibly saying out loud) things like “never say die” and “try, try again.” Sinead looked worried as I stomped off looking especially driven, though I can’t imagine why. This was all for her own good.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“When it is all over, when the socks are done, a knitter will have invested an average of twenty thousand stitches in the name of love and warm feet, knowing full well that the socks will wear out.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“The brave and dear man currently has the exact same sweater on needles (in another yarn, thank heavens) and is attempting to finish it in a month in case the whole repair process on the first one doesn’t work out. He’s completely deluded, of course, but it seems to be giving him hope. Imagine trying again. It’s a wonder he’s sober, never mind knitting.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter

“As she stacked the yarn on the counter she seemed a little incredulous. This should have been my first warning: When a person who sells yarn for a living thinks that maybe you’re buying a lot of yarn—well, it’s a sign. A different sort of knitter would have taken that as a hint. Me? I thought she was a knitter without aspirations.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter