"Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn, but for the knitter it is an indication to write a will, bequeathing the stash t..."
- 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 ..."
"When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too."
" I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them."
"Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over."
"It turns out that knitting isn't about the yarn or the softness or needing a hat (although we really can't argue with these secondary motivators). It's really about this: Knitting is a magic trick. In..."
"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..."
"I will always buy extra yarn. I will not try to tempt fate."
"I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am."
"There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it."