It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve that my husband will think is worth being woken up for.

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.

You are mistaken

America wants its respect.

Such excess of passion is quite out of fashion

A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.

Truth is no road to fortune.

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

The child builds his inmost self out of the deeply held impressions he receives.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul.