When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.

When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn.

The best reason for a knitter to marry is that you can't teach the cat to be impressed when you finish a lace scarf.

The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible consequences in knitting.

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.

You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit