A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee More Quotes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee More Quotes From Stephanie Pearl-McPhee I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittingcomplexityunderestimate just because something is fun doesn't mean it's a waste of time. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee wastefunmean Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittinguseadd 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. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittingpartybelieve 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". Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittingblockthinking 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 knittingconsequencemistake It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee yarnknittingbird 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 knittingmadbored 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 knittingdoctorsoffice The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittingeyepractice 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. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee waiting-in-lineknittingopportunity Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittingpurposelittles 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). Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knittingcleverbeautiful 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. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee sweatersknittingsimple There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you can find a golf magazine but not a knitting magazine, even though you can't golf on a plane. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee walkyougolfamerica All Newfoundlander men can knit. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knitmen The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee my-lifethinklifepeople Once in a while, I bump into a knitter, and we have a lovely conversation. But if you figure out the number of people who know me and the people who don't, it's really a small number. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee meyouconversationpeople If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee aboutupyoutime
