Knitting Quotes - Page 2

• Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours and mine, is an advantage.

  Elizabeth Zimmermann

  Average, Hands, Wool

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• Can you row?" the Sheep asked, handing her a pair of knitting-needles as she spoke. "Yes, a little--but not on land--and not with needles--" Alice was beginning to say.

  Lewis Carroll

  Sheep, Land, Littles

  Lewis Carroll “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, Lulu.com

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• Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off of moments that would otherwise drive me stark raving mad.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Mad, Bored, Moments

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.223, Storey Publishing

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• I'm a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in 'some assembly required.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Assembly, Projects, Ultimate

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.181, Storey Publishing

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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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Smart, Numbers, Interesting

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2010). “Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again”, p.8, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Children, Freak, My Children

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.16, Storey Publishing

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• The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Eye, Practice, Disappear

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.51, Storey Publishing

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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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Issues, Important, Way

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.45, Storey Publishing

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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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Clever, Smart, Doctors

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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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Littles, Too Much, Cases

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.294, Storey Publishing

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• She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about orgasms, but apart from making a mental note to have one if ever the occasion presented itsel

  Terry Pratchett

  Reading, Romance, Magazines

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• You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Book, Character, Library

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.247, Storey Publishing

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• Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

  John Milton

  Art, Hair, Listening

  'Comus' (1637) l. 859

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• I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

  Gerald Durrell

  Wish, Arguing, Wish You

  Gerald Durrell (2006). “The Corfu Trilogy”, p.251, Penguin UK

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• It is important for knitters to know two things about frogging: that cats are capable of this knitting action, and even seem to enjoy it and seek opportunities to do it; and that foul language is a normal, healthy accompaniment to frogging, whether it is you or the cat that accomplished the task.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Cat, Opportunity, Two

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.120, Storey Publishing

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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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Cat, Scarves, Lace

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.94, Storey Publishing

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• Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Women, Trouble, Ifs

  1932 The Sheltered Life, pt.3, section 3.

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• I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Underestimate, Complexity, Urges

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.13, Storey Publishing

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• It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Mistake, Consequence

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2006). “Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks”, p.211, Storey Publishing

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• Teeth of winter, sinking into my flesh, my own clacking against each other like knitting needles, and I wish they'd knit a heavy shawl around my shoulders before widening into a yawn. Why do I always yawn when I'm cold?

  Karen Elizabeth Gordon

  Winter, Wish, Teeth

  Karen Elizabeth Gordon (1996). “The Red Shoes and Other Tattered Tales”

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• SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Acquisition, Acronyms, Common

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• Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'

  Ron Conway

  Community, Needs, Surroundings

  "Ron Conway: S.F. mover and shaker" by Heather Knight, www.sfgate.com. August 27, 2012.

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• It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

  Tony Curtis

  Stars, Track, Paint

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• One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.

  Bill Hybels

  Team, People, Joy

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• 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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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