The Prince of Spindles -- who may be either male or female – is the most conservative knitter you know. He sometimes cannot see the garment for the gauge ; he is a measurer, re-measurer, and counter of rows and stitches, who may be inclined to elevate his fastidiousness to a rigid and stifling compulsion.
There are knitters who will return any skein of yarn that they have purchased and found a small break or knot in. Because of this rather dogmatic criteria, they may never know the joys of working with a handspun yarn, made, perhaps, in the mountains on the other side of the world; a handspun yarn that, when I buy it, usually ha s a break or knot or “flaw” in it. Irregularities are not a source of “character” to the Prince of Spindles; they are anathema.
Prince of Spindles knitters set out with a goal in mind: the creation of a meticulous work of “perfection” that casts a shadow even on the projects that they choose. Heaven help them when it comes to creating things in pairs.
The Prince of Spindles may represent a knitter you know, or one aspect of your own many-faceted self. While knitting may occasionally be a proving ground of sorts, it need not be a test of will and stamina. Only you will know if receiving the Prince of Spindles in a reading is a warning against his exhausting extremes, or an admonishment to use a little more of his exacting energy in your current and future projects. The Prince of Spindles is, for better or for worse, a diligent and careful knitter, and a finisher of all projects that he starts.