Knitting Rules!

One of the loverly things about being a librarian is ordering new books, sometimes even books that I'm interested in reading. Today our copy of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's "Knitting Rules" finally hits the shelf! Of course I must browse through it to be able to talk about the book with the library patrons! You see right through me, don't you.

Well on page11 Stephanie explains so perfectly why I knit.

"Knitting is a miracle worker. With knitting, people can suddenly do things they couldn't do before. They can wait in line without becoming impatient. They can sit through a grade-school concert with a smile. They can handle long meetings and lectures, all without bothering other people or pacing around like lunatics. I can think of several times in my own life when knitting kept me from slapping some fool upside the head. Knitting makes boring people interesting and mundane things intriguing. The only other thing that does that has the disadvantage of giving you a hangover instead of a pair of socks."

And I personally want to add to Stephanie's litany--keeping from crying like a baby in the Emergency Room. My father was taken to the hospital yesterday with a very low pulse & dizziness. He is 88. I am watching him slowly dissolve before me.

Knitting is good.