Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes
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I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.
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You know you knit too much when ... You take knitting to a wedding, in case there's a little time before the bride comes down the aisle. Double points if you are the bride.
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I make a habit of setting aside some time each evening to take out my knitting and work quietly on it, happily relaxing. I believe that it prepares me for sleep and washes away the cares of my day.I will consider that intarsia, or Fair Isle with three or more colors in a row, prepares nobody for sleep and cursing loudly while flinging knitting around the living room is about as far away from soothing as you can get.
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Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.
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...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.
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There is no wrong way to knit. ... We should all agree to stop correcting each other and deal with the more important issue. How wrong crochet is.
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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.
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Just because something is fun doesn't mean it's a waste of time.
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Your average knitter, obsessed as we are with the art form, is quickly going to begin producing far more in the way of warm things than are needed by even an arctic-bound knitter. Knitting breeds generosity, true...but perhaps in a hurry to avoid burying ourselves in hand-knits. There are only so many scarves one knitter can use.
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I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.
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It is some kind of miracle that all knitting is constructed of only two stitches: knit and purl. Sure, you throw in some yarn overs, and sometimes you knit the stitches out of order, but when it really comes down to it, knitting is simplicity. The most incredible gossamer lace shawl ... the trickiest aran ... a humble sock ... each just made with knit and purl.
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With great effort comes great gratification.
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It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn.
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You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.
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Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse.
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I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.
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I do know that there isn't ever going to be a time when there aren't any knitters.
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The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible consequences in knitting.
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The first time you find yourself having a conversation about moss stitch with a group of people who aren't desperately trying to escape you ... it's like coming home.
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It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve that my husband will think is worth being woken up for.
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Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in a condition that can be hidden only with the application of another hat.
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You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit
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...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.
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I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.