I will knit pretty much anywhere at any time. I have projects suitable for many different knitting environments from meetings-mostly Zoom meetings these days, waiting for appointments, family gatherings, and quiet time at home. I save my lace, cable, and colorwork projects for quiet focused time under my Ott light. Truth be told, I haveContinue reading “Knitting in the Dark – Rev. Georgia Carney”
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Holy Moment
How many times have you been happily knitting, stopped to admire your work, and to your absolute horror, discover a mistake a few inches down? Now the knitter has a decision – to frog or not to frog – that is the question. There are some obvious times when frogging is necessary. If we mistakenlyContinue reading “Holy Moment”
Spiritual Guides
How do you decide what you’re going to make next? Years ago, knitting patterns were available in magazines, books, or pamphlets found at the local yarn store. I can remember spending hours looking through multiple three ring binders for a pattern that I liked. It was not an enjoyable experience. Most stores had multiple pagesContinue reading “Spiritual Guides”
Loose Ends
I am working on two colorwork projects. One is a complex Fair Isle sweater that changes yarn almost every row. Each round has over two hundred stitches but just as it starts to get tedious, I get to change yarns for the next row. The yarn and the colors are breath taking. The beginningsContinue reading “Loose Ends”
Sunday Lent 2
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart,and try to love the questions themselvesas if they were locked roomsor books written in a very foreign language. Do not search for the answers, which could not be given to you now,because you would not be able to live them.And the point is to live everything.Live theContinue reading “Sunday Lent 2”
Making All Things New
I’ve been knitting a lot during the Pandemic. Aside from my sacred knitting, I like to create garments and I enjoy the calming effects. My husband and I spent five months of 2020 in a 29-foot RV. It’s a long story. One morning, I came back to the RV from walking the dogContinue reading “Making All Things New”
Crafting, Collecting, and Questioning By Sr. Diana Doncaster
Crafting and “Collecting” This Lent Contemplative Knitting practice is a real gift, though I am beading rather than knitting. Beading has become my hands-on passion; something that no one looking at the many containers of beads in my small office could question. I remember thinking that I’d found a hobby which wouldn’t take much space.Continue reading “Crafting, Collecting, and Questioning By Sr. Diana Doncaster”
Short Rows
I take my grandson to karate so I can sit and knit without guilt. There is nothing else to do, no dishes, no dusting, and no laundry. It’s an hour of uninterrupted knitting. As I was packing up my knitting bag, my grandson asked me what I was knitting. A sweater, I replied. Is itContinue reading “Short Rows”
The Ordinary Hat
My husband lost his hat. He had it stuffed in his coat pocket along with his gloves and it fell out. “Can you knit me a hat?” I told him I didn’t have any yarn. We’re spending the year in the Netherlands and I am away from my stash. He looked at the three shelvesContinue reading “The Ordinary Hat”
Finding the Holes, by Br. Aidan
The moths got to my handknits this year. Every sweater had at least one hole in it. And not just my sweaters, but those I’ve given away, too. The holes were small enough that they were easy to miss. Sickened by spotting one of them, I went on a hole hunt. There were a dozenContinue reading “Finding the Holes, by Br. Aidan”
Contemplative Knitting 