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. — 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 the scissors, or was feeling too lazy to get up, I used the lighter to burn the yarn… — 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 believe that it prepares me for sleep and washes away the cares of my day. I will consider that intarsia, or Fair Isle with three or more colors in a row, prepares nobody for sleep and… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share
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 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… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share
