Stephanie Pearl-McPhee citations

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

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

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

“The best reason for a knitter to marry is that you can't teach the cat to be impressed when you finish a lace scarf.”

“In the nineteeth century, knitting was prescribed to women as a cure for nervousness and hysteria. Many new knitters find this sort of hard to believe because, until you get good at it, knitting seems to cause those ailments..”

“I will always buy extra yarn. I will not try to tempt fate.”

“When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.”

“I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.”

“I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances”

“I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.”

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