Quotessence
Home / Authors / Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes

Writer

Filter quotes by topic

AllKnittingKnittersYarnKnowsSockBelieveIfsNeedsWayPeopleReasonSeemsStitchesWaitingAddBoringEffortLaceLinesLittles

Famous Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes

“A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway).”

MadeStillsBeautifulPatternsBoringCleverScoreSockVery BeautifulEnchantmentKnittingBeing BeautifulStitchesRules Of LifeYarn
Book:All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin
Create image

“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.”

KindMadeTwoSometimesOrderMiracleIncrediblesSimplicityHumbleSockLaceKnittingStitchesYarn
Book:At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
Create image

“It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. Birthday on Saturday? No problem. Socks are small. Never mind that the average sock knit out of sock-weight yarn contains about 17,000 stitches. Never mind that you need two of them. (That's 34,000 stitches, for anybody keeping track.) Socks are only physically small. By stitch count, they are immense.”

NeedsMindTwoProblemAmountWeightAverageTrackImmenseSaturdayUnderestimateNo ProblemSockStitchesHappy BirthdayYarnKnitters
Book:At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
Create image