List of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes

When People See Me Knitting, I Tell Them I'm A Knitter. Not The Sort Of Knitter They May Have Run Into Before, But A Passionate, Constant, Deliberate Knitter. I Knit Everyday, All The Time, Everywhere I Go.

A Plain Sock By Itself Is Terribly Boring, But It Could Score Points By Having A Clever Stitch Pattern, Or Maybe By Being Made Out Of A Very Beautiful Yarn That's An Enchantment To Work With. (sadly, It Is Still Infuriatingly True That Being Beautiful Without Being Clever Is Almost Worth More Points Than Being Clever Without Being Beautiful, But Such Are The Rules Of Life And Knitting-they Are Cruel, But There Anyway).

Sweaters Need To Be Imagined, Dreamed Over.

The Essay Is One Of My Favourite Forms Of Writing, And I Feel Like What's Inside Is Really Personal, More So Than With Shorter Pieces.

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.

I'm A Knitter. My Projects Are The Ultimate In 'some Assembly Required.

The Rules Of Canadian Engagement Say That If We Encounter A Celebrity, We Have To Pretend We're Not Encountering A Celebrity.

Since I Became A Knitting Humor Writer, I Seem To Be Understood A Little Better - At Least For The Purposes Of Social Discourse.

When Confronted With A Birthday In A Week I Will Remember That A Book Can Be A Really Good Present, Too.

It Is A Little Known Fact That Much Like Birds, Who Can Always Find North, Knitters Can Always Find Yarn.

The Twitch Above My Right Eye Will Disappear With Knitting Practice.

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".