

My cousin Colleen's husband is a watercolor painter who told me something about wet paint that got me thinking about wet wool. Turns out water plays the same trick on both of us -- you can't know what you really have until it's done its work.
A woman in my shop once told me she's never worn a single sweater she's knit. That stuck with me -- because there's a real difference between knitting to relax and knitting for the wardrobe you actually want.