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.

Things I Learned From Knitting:...whether I wanted to or not (ed. Storey Publishing, 2008) - ISBN: 9781603421003