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.

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

100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.

There is no wrong way to knit. ... We should all agree to stop correcting each other and deal with the more important issue. How wrong crochet is.

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

The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

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

I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.

I am a person who works well under pressure. In fact, I work so well under pressure that at times, I will procrastinate in order to create this pressure.

The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.

A rough rule in life is that an organization foolish in one way in dealing with a complex system is all too likely to be foolish in another.

I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn't very good-looking. But in his own way he'd always save the day.

... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

Americans live with the certain knowledge that the source of their greatness has not yet been released.

Anytime I mess up, even if it's a simple turnover, that affects me.

Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die.