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

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

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.

Knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.

There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it.

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.

SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.