Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes

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

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in a condition that can be hidden only with the application of another hat.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

It turns out that knitting isn't about the yarn or the softness or needing a hat (although we really can't argue with these secondary motivators). It's really about this: Knitting is a magic trick. In this day and age, in a world where science and technology take more and more wonder and work out of our lives , and our planet is quickly becoming a place running out of magic, a knitter takes silly, useless string, mundane sticks, waves her hands around (many, many times...nobody said this was fast magic), and turns one thing into another: string into a hat, string into a sweater, string into a blanket for a baby. It really is a very reliable magic.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee