KNITTING MAKES MY SOUL SING

"Find the one thing in life
 that makes your soul sing"

~ Leonardo da Vinci

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four years ago with the help of

You Tube and Knitting for Dummies

I fulfilled a life long dream and

taught myself to knit.  Since that

first day I have not missed a single

day from picking up my needles and

yarn. I knit everywhere and anytime,

day and night.  I knit with all kinds

of fiber from silk to cotton, alpaca

to wool. I like to use wood needles

or light weight metal needles with

a good tip.

 

For the last two years I have been

keeping a scrap book of my projects,

a little piece of yarn, the yarn band,

how I felt about the project. Basically

it's a record of how I have spent a

lot of the hours in my life and it's

a treasured keepsake.

 

I have different projects for different

times of the day or where I happen

to be at the time. It's easy to throw

a little sock in my bag, a shawl not

so much.

 

Right now I am spending my evening hours

working on A Textured Shawl Recipe.

There are 3229 shawls that have already

been knit with this pattern and I know

why, it's a great pattern and I am enjoying

every stitch I make on it.

 

I am not sure what it is about knitting that

I find so addicting : the smell of yarn fumes,

[walking into a yarn store is so thrilling]

the feel of the needles in my hands, the

joy I see on a loved ones face when they

unwrap a gift I have knit for them. I don't

think it's just one thing, but I do know

that knitting makes my soul sing!

 

How about you, what makes your soul

sing?