“imagine a scarf as an unlimited canvas”

“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.”

“Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.”

“If you were ever dumped after knitting a guy a sweater, consider the possibility that the problem was with the sweater, not you. The recipient probably took one look at the thing, imagined a lifetime of having to pretend to like (and wear) this sweater and others of its like, and saw no choice but to flee into the night”

“Really, Joe? Really? You freaking think so?”

“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.”

“I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances”