Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Let's Knit Together

I quickly finished The Knitting Sutra. How funny that it was sitting there on my shelf all along, a gift from you Mom, waiting for my enthusiasm as you talked of Knitting Heaven and Earth. The two ideas---they seem related even---that I'm chewing on are the weavers who intentionally create a break in the pattern so the spirit of the weaver can find its way out of the piece AND the rug makers who intentionally include a mistake. But that has more to do with not putting yourself on the level of God, if I understand. Ego maybe.
The book finally jumped out at me while I searched for beginner materials to teach my first knitting lessons. Two students and a third "victim" on the horizon. Neither really needed my help mastering the knit stitch and that was all I planned for the first hour. That, and a little getting-started discussion. So we got to chat while we worked. Like me, they are both interested in everything: books, writing, quilting, gardening, etc. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where the rubber meets the road: women gathering for handwork and talk that takes us out of the day to day. Is it possible that I'm starting a knitting group?

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