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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.

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.

Your Average Knitter, Obsessed As We Are With The Art Form, Is Quickly Going To Begin Producing Far More In The Way Of Warm Things Than Are Needed By Even An Arctic-bound Knitter. Knitting Breeds Generosity, True...but Perhaps In A Hurry To Avoid Burying Ourselves In Hand-knits. There Are Only So Many Scarves One Knitter Can Use.

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.

With Great Effort Comes Great Gratification.