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
deliberate everywhere knit people run sort time
When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.
became humor knitting seem since understood
Since I became a knitting humor writer, I seem to be understood a little better - at least for the purposes of social discourse.
bump figure people
Once in a while, I bump into a knitter, and we have a lovely conversation. But if you figure out the number of people who know me and the people who don't, it's really a small number.
famous life people wildly
The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.
golfers knitting magazine north though twice
There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you can find a golf magazine but not a knitting magazine, even though you can't golf on a plane.
essential means taken time worried
If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff.
inspirational motivational running
When people see me knitting, I tell them I'm a knitter. Not the sort of knitter they may have run into before, but a passionate, constant, deliberate knitter. I knit everyday, all the time, everywhere I go.
knitting projects assembly
I'm a knitter. My projects are the ultimate in 'some assembly required.
knitting hammocks too-much
You know you knit too much when ... Before you buy anything, such as a hammock or curtains, you seriously wonder whether you could knit it.
effort great-effort gratification
With great effort comes great gratification.
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.
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.
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).
sweaters needs
Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.