Knitting Quotes

• Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.

  Elizabeth Zimmermann

  Hurt, Spirit, Needlework

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• Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.

  Elizabeth Zimmermann

  Take A Deep Breath, Ready, Breaths

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• Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.

  Magdalena Neuner

  Home, Feelings, Relax

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• When you are knitting socks and sweaters and scarves, you aren't just knitting. You are assigning a value to human effort. You are holding back time. You are preserving the simple unchanging act of handwork.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Simple, Sweaters, Effort

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.49, Storey Publishing

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

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Art, Coffee, Half

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• 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

  Mistake, Differences, Bigger

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• It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Yarn, Bird, Littles

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.19, Storey Publishing

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• Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Add, Use, World

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

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Running, Yarn, Chance

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.12, Storey Publishing

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• I love the way knitting brings people together.

  Debbie Macomber

  People, Together, Way

  Debbie Macomber (2014). “A Good Yarn”, p.129, MIRA

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• I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Trying, Mood, Circumstances

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.21, Storey Publishing

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• People who are unable to use their hands skillfully for all kinds of work, will not become good thinkers and will behave awkwardly in life. It is not the head alone, but the whole human being that is a logician. Activities demanding manual and bodily skill, such as knitting, leads to the enhancement of the faculty of judgment. This faculty is actually developed least of all by exercises in logic.

  Rudolf Steiner

  Exercise, Hands, Skills

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• No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

  Edvard Munch

  Art, Reading, Men

  "The St. Cloud Manifesto" (Impressions from a ballroom, New Year's Eve in St. Cloud) by Edvard Munch, 1889.

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• Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?' 'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns.

  J. K. Rowling

  Reading, Upset Stomach, Long

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• I'm a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in 'some assembly required.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Assembly, Projects, Ultimate

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.181, Storey Publishing

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• You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Hammocks, Too Much, Wonder

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• 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.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Issues, Important, Way

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.45, Storey Publishing

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• Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

  Dorothy Day

  Nice, Writing, Sock

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• Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement possibilities.

  Elizabeth Zimmermann

  Skills, People, Achievement

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• The first time you find yourself having a conversation about moss stitch with a group of people who aren't desperately trying to escape you ... it's like coming home.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Home, People, Finding Yourself

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.24, Storey Publishing

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• Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

  Agatha Christie

  Blood, Sitting, Pavement

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• I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

  Gerald Durrell

  Wish, Arguing, Wish You

  Gerald Durrell (2006). “The Corfu Trilogy”, p.251, Penguin UK

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• It is some kind of miracle that all knitting is constructed of only two stitches: knit and purl. Sure, you throw in some yarn overs, and sometimes you knit the stitches out of order, but when it really comes down to it, knitting is simplicity. The most incredible gossamer lace shawl ... the trickiest aran ... a humble sock ... each just made with knit and purl.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Humble, Order, Two

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.11, Storey Publishing

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• Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours and mine, is an advantage.

  Elizabeth Zimmermann

  Average, Hands, Wool

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• ...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can't tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble. "...knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Clever, Smart, Doctors

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