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“The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.”

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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, born on June 14, 1968, is a renowned writer known for her humorous and insightful works. Her books, particularly those about knitting and Jewish culture, have gained her a significant following. more

“If you were ever dumped after knitting a guy a sweater, consider the possibility that the problem was with the sweater, not you. The recipient probably took one look at the thing, imagined a lifetime of having to pretend to like (and wear) this sweater and others of its like, and saw no choice but to flee into the night”

Ifs Looks Problem Night Guy Choices Saws Possibility Lifetime Sweaters Knitting Dumped

Author:Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“Your average knitter, obsessed as we are with the art form, is quickly going to begin producing far more in the way of warm things than are needed by even an arctic-bound knitter. Knitting breeds generosity, true...but perhaps in a hurry to avoid burying ourselves in hand-knits. There are only so many scarves one knitter can use.”

Way Art Use Hands Form Needed Bounds Average Warm Generosity Obsessed Arctic Knitting Scarves Burying Knitters

Author:Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

“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).”

Made Stills Beautiful Patterns Boring Clever Score Sock Very Beautiful Enchantment Knitting Being Beautiful Stitches Rules Of Life Yarn

Book:All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin

Source: All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin

“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.”

Results Conditions Chosen Combination Hats Application Unfortunate Affliction Selected Hairstyles

Book:Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks

Source: Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks

“I make a habit of setting aside some time each evening to take out my knitting and work quietly on it, happily relaxing. I believe that it prepares me for sleep and washes away the cares of my day.I will consider that intarsia, or Fair Isle with three or more colors in a row, prepares nobody for sleep and cursing loudly while flinging knitting around the living room is about as far away from soothing as you can get.”

Believe Care Three I Believe Sleep Rooms Color Habit Fairs Setting Settings Evening Far Away Living Room Soothing Knitting Cursing Isle

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

Source: At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

“Sandeep Jauhar specializes in peeling back the veneer, revealing the discomfiting truths of today’s medical world. He is unafraid to dig deeply and honestly, both within himself and within the medical profession. Doctored raises critical questions that twenty-first-century medicine must answer if it is to meet the needs of its patients as well as of its practitioners.”

World Today Patient Profession Medical Honestly Unafraid Dig Deep

Author:Danielle Ofri

“Falconer's grasp of period and places is almost flawless ... He's my kind of writer.”

Kind Periods Flawless

Author:Peter Corris

“I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.”

Reason Character Morning Get Up Plot

Author:Peter Temple

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