“ Advice for New Knitters When choosing a pattern, look for ones that have words such as "simple", "basic", and "easy". If… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“ribbing, moss, seed, and garter are all balanced and combine the yin and yang of knitting” — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“I think my personal minimum score for anything I'm thinking about doing--knitting or not--is about a seven on the interest scale. If… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, people come up to me when I am knitting and they say things like, "Oh, I wish I could knit, but… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Knitting is a boon for those of us who are easily bored. I take my knitting everywhere to take the edge off… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“As long as there has been knitting there have been battles about it. There are self-declared "yarn snobs," who frown on using… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“ Five things I'd rather do than swatch for my new project 1. Get a spinal tap. 2. Scrub the bathtub after… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“Many years ago, when I used to smoke, my lighter was often easier to find than my scissors. If I couldn't find… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“Despite what we knitters know to be true, the non-knitting world somehow persists in thinking that a "knitter" looks a certain way.… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
It is important for knitters to know two things about frogging: that cats are capable of this knitting action, and even seem… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“Even when it isn't going well, knitting can be deeply spiritual. Knitting sets goals that you can meet. Sometimes when I work… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
The first time you find yourself having a conversation about moss stitch with a group of people who aren't desperately trying to… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“it is pure potential. Every ball or skein of yarn holds something inside it, and the great mystery of what that might… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I'm a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in 'some assembly required. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain of the… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn, but for… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
“I make a habit of setting aside some time each evening to take out my knitting and work quietly on it, happily relaxing. I… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you can find… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It turns out I will buy any yarn, even yarn I will never use, if the store discounts it by more than 50 percent. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
