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It took me years and years of trial efforts to work out that there is absolutely no knitting triumph I can achieve that my husband will think is worth being woken up for.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 14
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