I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.

There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it.

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.

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.

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.

There is no wrong way to knit. ... We should all agree to stop correcting each other and deal with the more important issue. How wrong crochet is.

SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.

The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit

I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.

Who are we without our memories?

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

As far as the cyber, I agree to parts of what Secretary [Hillary] Clinton said. We should be better than anybody else, and perhaps we're not.

I love animals. I couldn't eat a whole one but I'll split one with you if you want.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

Do your homework all of your life.

Growth that adds volume without improving productivity is fat. Growth that diminishes productivity is cancer.

I like geography. I like to know where places are.

I'm drawn to dark characters, and to things that are really weighty.