Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Stephanie Anne Pearl-McPheeis a writer, knitter, IBCLC or International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and doula living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth14 June 1968
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee quotes about
humble order two
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.
knitting trying mood
I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances
happy-birthday average two
It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. Birthday on Saturday? No problem. Socks are small. Never mind that the average sock knit out of sock-weight yarn contains about 17,000 stitches. Never mind that you need two of them. (That's 34,000 stitches, for anybody keeping track.) Socks are only physically small. By stitch count, they are immense.
normal world knitters
I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.
husband thinking knitting
It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve that my husband will think is worth being woken up for.
knitting underestimate complexity
I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.
writing pieces favourite
The essay is one of my favourite forms of writing, and I feel like what's inside is really personal, more so than with shorter pieces.
beautiful clever yarn
A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway).
affliction hats results
Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in a condition that can be hidden only with the application of another hat.
happy-birthday book remember
When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.
mistake knitting consequence
It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.
yarn knitting bird
It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn.
knitting littles too-much
You know you knit too much when ... You take knitting to a wedding, in case there's a little time before the bride comes down the aisle. Double points if you are the bride.
knitting use world
Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.