Quotes from The Shop on Blossom Street

Debbie Macomber ·  416 pages

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“I might be 30 years old, but a girl never outgrows the need for her mother.”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street


“When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order, and I found it in knitting. In fact, I’ve even read that knitting can lower stress more effectively than meditation.”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street


“The yarn forms the stitches, the knitting forges the friendships, the craft links the generations.” —Karen”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street


“The yarn forms the stitches, the knitting forges the friendships, the craft links the generations.” —Karen Alfke, “Unpattern” designer and knitting instructor LYDIA HOFFMAN”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street


“The repetition of weaving the yarn around a needle and then forming a stitch creates a sense of purpose, of achievement, of progress. When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order, and I found it in knitting.”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street



“People who say they don’t have enough patience to knit are precisely those who could most improve their lives by learning how!” —Sally Melville,”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street


“Her case worker had once suggested knitting as a means of anger management.”
― Debbie Macomber, quote from The Shop on Blossom Street


About the author

Debbie Macomber
Born place: in Yakima, Washington, The United States
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