Julie Cicora

Holy Saturday – The void

I think about Holy Saturday as the absence of God, a void, a silence that seems empty. I imagine the disciples walking around devastated by what they had seen on Good Friday. Jesus was dead. The man they had left their lives to follow had been executed in the most horrific way. All of theContinue reading “Holy Saturday – The void”

The Scars We Carry

The picture above is the result of my very first grafting experience. I used a method that looked simple in the video. I did hear the woman say to swatch and then practice with a contrasting yarn a few times to get the hang of it. I just put my two pieces together and wentContinue reading “The Scars We Carry”

Anticipating a Quiet Easter

By Br. Aidan Owen We’re nearly at the end of our Lenten journey. The great sun of Easter peeks over the horizon. Lent seems to have gone so quickly this year. I almost feel I’ve missed it. Though, actually, every year I’m a little surprised by Easter. Maybe that’s how it should be. Easter isContinue reading “Anticipating a Quiet Easter”

It’s the Little Things

There are hundreds upon hundreds of sweater patterns all based on some fundamental idea of a front, a back, neck, and sleeves. What makes them all different? The way they are constructed and the details. This comfy, cozy sweater (Kemp Town by Erika Knight) has a split rib at the bottom and a line ofContinue reading “It’s the Little Things”

To What Should I Knit Myself?

By Rev. Patti Blaine Fresh off the needles: (“Unchained,” by Marceline Smith – three hats knit with Lady Dye Yarns DK in colorways “Georgia Pecan” and “Ocean.”) I did a geeky thing a couple of months ago. I looked up all the times the English word “knit” is in the Bible. The number varies byContinue reading “To What Should I Knit Myself?”

Buying Yarn for a Friend

I love getting yarn as a gift. It seems to hold a special energy, a yet to be discerned potential that is almost limitless. What will it be? It’s up to me, the knitter to determine. Although yarn can be made into many things, I have discovered that some yarn is better suited to someContinue reading “Buying Yarn for a Friend”

Palm Sunday

“Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

Sacred Stitches

By Mark Brummitt, Phd. “So great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1). There’s a lot more to knitting than meets the eye, you know. Picture this: June 1990. Manchester, England, England. I’d be 23, I guess. Wait. 23, I know. I’ve just finished my first year in seminary in London and I’ve been sent onContinue reading “Sacred Stitches”

“Pick yourself up… ‘n’start over again.”

by Mark Brummitt, Phd “Rich wounds yet visible above in beauty glorified” (Bridges and Thring). I can be ruthless. “Don’t knit if you don’t like ripping out,” I’ve been known to tell people—typically other knitters who watch in horror as I rip out a whole sleeve. “Ripping is knitting,” I say. Ruthless. I’ll rip rightContinue reading ““Pick yourself up… ‘n’start over again.””

The Feast of the Annunciation

By Rev. Patti Blaine (Fresh off the needles – Carissa Browning’s “Dissent Cowl,” knit with Spun Right Round Squish DK in “Reaper’s Rags” and “Walk like a Cat, Talk like a Fish” colorways.) For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for IContinue reading “The Feast of the Annunciation”