Smile often. Speak gently. Be kind.
Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.
Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.
Now, let us all take a deep breath and forge on into the future; knitting at the ready.
Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours and mine, is an advantage.
What? You can't knit in the dark? Stuff and nonsense; anybody can. Shut your eyes. Knit one stitch. Open your eyes and look at the stitch; it's all right. Shut your eyes and knit two stitches. Open them. Shut them. Knit three stitches. Falling off a log is no comparison.
Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement possibilities.
Hardly anything wrong can go bad.
I went camping and borrowed a circus tent by mistake. I didn't notice until I got it set up. People complained because they couldn't see the lake.
Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song.
The mind knows not what the tongue wants.