Stephanie Pearl-McPhee - At knit's end (2005)

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Achieving the state of SABLE is not, as many people who live with these knitters believe, a reason to stop buying yarn, but for the knitter it is an indication to write a will, bequeathing the stash to an appropriate heir.

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

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Dear designer of questionable intent, Please send me a photo of yourself. Please be wearing the knitted pants that you designed. It's not that I don't believe that there is anyone out there thing enough to wear horizontally stripped trousers knit from chunky wool, it's just that I would like to know whether you are deliberately cruel or whether you are the one woman these would look really great on.

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It turns out I will buy any yarn, even yarn I will never use, if the store discounts it by more than 50 percent.

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It is important for knitters to know two things about frogging: that cats are capable of this knitting action, and even seem to enjoy it and seek opportunities to do it; and that foul language is a normal, healthy accompaniment to frogging, whether it is you or the cat that accomplished the task.

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I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances

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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.

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The first time you find yourself having a conversation about moss stitch with a group of people who aren't desperately trying to escape you... it's like coming home.

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You know you knit too much when... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.

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The twitch above my right eye will disappear with knitting practice.

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When you are knitting socks and sweaters and scarves, you aren't just knitting. You are assigning a value to human effort. You are holding back time. You are preserving the simple unchanging act of handwork.

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