40 inches in 40 days Starting on Ash Wednesday (February 17) there will be a daily knitting meditation posted here every day during Lent except for Sundays. Lent is a perfect time to start or renew a spiritual discipline. How often have we thought about spending more time in prayer or trying to figure outContinue reading “Lenten Knit Along (KAL)”
Author Archives: Julie Cicora
Sustaining Your Knitting Practice
In order to commit to a contemplative knitting practice for the long term, before we even start, we need to develop a plan for when we get off track. In the beginning we might feel excited about starting a spiritual discipline that involves knitting and praying but eventually that enthusiasm will wear off. Then we’llContinue reading “Sustaining Your Knitting Practice”
Setting Up Your Knitting Prayer Practice
Let’s talk a little bit about how to set up a spiritual knitting practice. Preparation is important if we want to create a good practice. Like anything else, we have lay a good foundation, put together the parts that will help us be able to maintain this practice over time. If we don’t have theContinue reading “Setting Up Your Knitting Prayer Practice”
What is Contemplative Knitting?
Hi, I’m Julie Cicora and I’ve been a knitter for over fifty years. After I was ordained to the priesthood, a good friend gave me the book Beginning to Pray by Anthony Bloom. She knew I was relatively new to prayer and that I was struggling to maintain a regular prayer practice. I was delightedContinue reading “What is Contemplative Knitting?”
Contemplative Knitting 