The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible consequences in knitting. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read Quote
The people who think I’m famous are knitters. Most of my life, I’m wildly unrecognized. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The essay is one of my favourite forms of writing, and I feel like what’s inside is really personal, more so than with shorter pieces. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read Quote
I do know that there isn’t ever going to be a time when there aren’t any knitters. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read Quote
When people see me knitting, I tell them I’m a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read Quote
The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we’re not encountering a celebrity. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Read Quote
