A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn’t a mess; it’s an object of art.
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.
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.
I will always buy extra yarn. I will not try to tempt fate.
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 to an appropriate heir.
I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It’s good for them.
I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances.
I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.
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.
It’s only knitting and it’s one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.
As usual, the sock yarns have no idea what is going on.
Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.
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.
I’m a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in ’some assembly required.
When you are knitting socks and sweaters and scarves, you aren’t just knitting. You are assigning a value to human effort. You are holding back time. You are preserving the simple unchanging act of handwork.
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the person doing it, and that knitting is a perfect metaphor for life and insight into some better ways through it.
It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn.
The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.
With great effort comes great gratification.
In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard to believe because, until you get good at it, knitting seems to cause those ailments. The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.