Quotes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

…the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.

Knitting

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Smart

…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.

Clever

Knitting

Smart

100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.

Buying Something

Steps

Years

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn’t a mess; it’s an object of art.

Art

Coffee

Knitting

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).

Beautiful

Clever

Knitting

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.

Believe

Writing

Yarn

As usual, the sock yarns have no idea what is going on.

Ideas

Usual

Yarn

Dear designer of questionable intent, Please send me a photo of yourself. Please be wearing the knitted pants that you designed. It’s not that I don’t believe that there is anyone out there thing enough to wear horizontally stripped trousers knit from chunky wool, it’s just that I would like to know whether you are deliberately cruel or whether you are the one woman these would look really great on.

Believe

Looks

Wool

Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don’t have time. I look at people’s lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That’s a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl.

Knitting

Opportunity

Waiting In Line

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.

Affliction

Hats

Results

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Doctors

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Eye

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Favourite

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Quotes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

…the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.

100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn’t a mess; it’s an object of art.

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.

As usual, the sock yarns have no idea what is going on.

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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