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Sunday, June 10, 2007
All over the place
I have 5 or 6 projects going at once. I'm having a great time going from project to project, knitting as I please. Feeling frustrated with one and switching to another for a day or two. My newest is a blanket for my baby girl. I got the Lion Brand Catalog in the mail the other day and was browsing through it and saw a pretty looking blanket (sweet cherries blanket) so decided to give it a try. I've never used acrylic before because I don't like how it feels, but this one called for their microspun yarn, its nice and smooth and soft. I don't mind knitting with it at all. The blanket is knit on size 10 needles, so its been going pretty fast. As of this morning I'm just about half done. The only problem I have with it is that the yarn is splitty and so I've found a few flaws in the stitches where I've missed a bit or yarn. I took these pictures two days ago so it isn't up to date, I've pretty much doubled it since.
I also added a bit more yarn to my stash to make a cardigan for Julian. I have the yarn and a pattern for Hazel, so I wanted to make one for my boy too. :)
I like the color combo!
I also added a bit more yarn to my stash to make a cardigan for Julian. I have the yarn and a pattern for Hazel, so I wanted to make one for my boy too. :)
I like the color combo!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Knitting as Meditation
This was passed on to me by a friend:
Knitting as Meditation
A friend recently taught me to knit. So I took my needles on retreat with me last week to practice knitting mindfully. As I completed a row of stitches, a Persian woman sat down next to me and told me her story.
Her daughter is a yoga teacher who was preparing to embark on a yatra to India. She wanted to take a gift as an offering to the swami, so the mother knitted her daughter a shawl. When the daughter's group arrived at the ashram, they began to unpack their offerings. The swami immediately moved toward the shawl and declared, "This is for me."
What was so special about the shawl that it drew the swami's attention? As the mother was knitting, she mentally chanted "Om" with every stitch, infusing the garment with a vibration of the divine. Her story inspired me to incorporate chanting into my own knitting. The physical manifestation of my meditations, when completed, will go to loved ones for a bit of warmth and divine grace this winter.
From Yoga Journal, November 28, 2006 — Issue 233.
Knitting as Meditation
A friend recently taught me to knit. So I took my needles on retreat with me last week to practice knitting mindfully. As I completed a row of stitches, a Persian woman sat down next to me and told me her story.
Her daughter is a yoga teacher who was preparing to embark on a yatra to India. She wanted to take a gift as an offering to the swami, so the mother knitted her daughter a shawl. When the daughter's group arrived at the ashram, they began to unpack their offerings. The swami immediately moved toward the shawl and declared, "This is for me."
What was so special about the shawl that it drew the swami's attention? As the mother was knitting, she mentally chanted "Om" with every stitch, infusing the garment with a vibration of the divine. Her story inspired me to incorporate chanting into my own knitting. The physical manifestation of my meditations, when completed, will go to loved ones for a bit of warmth and divine grace this winter.
From Yoga Journal, November 28, 2006 — Issue 233.
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