Knitting: How to Knit and What to Knit. with Numerous Illustrations

“The thing is, that when you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.””

— Unknown

“And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be. But right now is what we've got.””

— Unknown

“Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit.””

— Unknown

“So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how to knit. And even that doesn't work. She never expected it to be so hard. Life.””

— Unknown

“There's money, and then there's class. The two are often separated.””

— Unknown

“We don't always get what we deserve," she replied, patting James over his heart. "Sometimes we get more; sometimes we get less. At least we get something.””

— Unknown

“It gave her a feeling of her own power, to make something practical and beautiful just by using her own skill and creativity. It inspired her.””

— Unknown

“And failure, if you want to know, Dakota, is just another opportunity to try again.””

— Unknown

“Things work out better when you're straight up.””

— Unknown