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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/knitters-just-can-t-watch-tv-without-doing-something-else-knitters/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/the-number-one-reason-knitters-knit-is-because-they-are-so-smart-that-2/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

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## Other authors on Constructive

## More by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

> [I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/i-explain-at-the-parties-that-i-believe-knitting-is-a-transformative/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/knitters-use-knitting-to-value-add-to-the-world/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/in-the-nineteeth-century-knitting-was-prescribed-to-women-as-a-cure/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn, but for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/achieving-the-state-of-sable-is-not-as-many-people-who-live-with/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/i-am-a-person-who-works-well-under-pressure-in-fact-i-work-so-well/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/the-people-who-think-i-m-famous-are-knitters-most-of-my-life-i-m/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [“I make a habit of setting aside some time each evening to take out my knitting and work quietly on it, happily relaxing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/i-make-a-habit-of-setting-aside-some-time-each-evening-to-take-out-my/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/you-know-you-knit-too-much-when-you-will-check-out-a-book-from-the/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you can find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/there-are-twice-as-many-knitters-as-golfers-in-north-america-still-if/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/if-you-have-time-to-knit-if-you-ve-taken-up-knitting-it-means-you-re/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [It turns out I will buy any yarn, even yarn I will never use, if the store discounts it by more than 50 percent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/it-turns-out-i-will-buy-any-yarn-even-yarn-i-will-never-use-if-the/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/a-plain-sock-by-itself-is-terribly-boring-but-it-could-score-points/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/when-confronted-with-a-birthday-in-a-week-i-will-remember-that-a-book/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [“It turns out that I will buy any yarn, even yarn I will never use, if the store discounts it by more than 50%.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/it-turns-out-that-i-will-buy-any-yarn-even-yarn-i-will-never-use-if/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

> [You know you knit too much when ... You take knitting to a wedding, in case there's a little time before the bride comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/you-know-you-knit-too-much-when-you-take-knitting-to-a-wedding-in/)

[Stephanie Pearl-McPhee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pearl-mcphee/)

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