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Fleece. Astounding fleece!
Sheep giving up heart without
Relinquishing soul.
(Karen Skowron)
Breathe in, breathe out
Patience tempered, Peace flows
Needles and yarn
(Gloria Frazier)
Softly slips the skein
Through my caressing fingers
As I wind my wool
(Beryl Mitchell)
Bare branches knit sky
Fleecy cloud-skeins become snow
A winter afghan
(Lynelle Van Horn)
death of my cousin
i find solace in knitting
new socks for uncle
(Heidi Nick)
Wool wrapped around wood
Wood through loop and out again
Rainbows in a sock!
(Mary in NE)
Knit rhythms serene
In, around, and out again
Granddaughter's sweater
(Mary in NE)
Each stitch knit with love
Drat! Ripping back once again!
Angry knitted brow
(Mary in NE)
brown skein on the shelf
a little taken for socks
yarn rests behind me
(Suzanne G. Griffith)
Blanket of sea gulls
Trying to keep the beach warm
Oh! - they're unravelling
(Karen Skowron)
Two geese attempting
To knit a V, having to
Settle on an I.
(Karen Skowron)
The softness of wool
Slipping through aching fingers
Oh sweet obsession.
(Margaret A. Reinke)
Grandchildren need love
Every stitch becomes a hug
From so far away.
(Margaret A. Reinke)
push, loop, fingers dance
easing woes as does chocolate
wool reassures life
(Saille Simonetti)
yarn moving along skin
dreams of hope woven inside
emerges through each stitch
(Saille Simonetti)
click, click, needles knit
round after round on my yarn
immortality
(Stephanie O'Rourke)
flowing through my hands
soft and wooly with some straw
the pasture is here
(Therisa Rogers)
half-done sock on floor
i hate to use boring yarn
trade with new-found friend
(Therisa Rogers)
knit for those who quilt
tat, embroider, bead, or weave
they know and love craft
(Therisa Rogers)
My newly spun yarn
Grandmother's well used needles
Sweetest connection!
(Jo McKnight)
Knit two, purl two, fine
enter the pattern repeat-
don't pull your hair out!
(Brenda Gornick)
Fiber-a-holic!
Snuggling in a bed of soft
Yarn is my being
(Laney C)
Round sticks, sharpened points,
Layers of softly colored yarns
Creating, birthing socks
(Laney C)
Spring opens her arms
Wool no longer sings it's lure ---
Sale on cotton, hummm.
(Afton W. Koontz)
With string and two sticks
marvelous things we create
true wearable art!
(Brenda Gornick)
Boxing Day. Knitting
Needles point forward a year:
The old grief returns.
(Harry Kelley)
They bring a white coat
But even still I can't stop:
Rip-it, Rip-it, Tink.
(Harry Kelley)
I will knit slowly
Meditating on jonquils
And falling in love.
(Harry Kelley)
My friend October
Throws dark blankets over me.
She knit them herself.
(Harry Kelley)
My stash is growing
Mountain of yarn in the house
Husband is growling.
(Joanna Daneman)
Grafted toe stitches
Sock number one is finished.
Must start the next one.
(Joanna Daneman)
two sticks and some string
socks mittens hats sweaters
babies children family
(Valerie Davenport)
Endless frustration
A mistake in the pattern
Drown in the frog pond
(Melinda Shoop)
Yarn sex--two balls meet
In a dark bag, romance strikes,
Two balls become ten
(Melinda Shoop)
knit breathe purl breathe knit
moss-green alpaca consoles
sad hands eyes and heart.
(Aara Suksi)
How large a sweater?
Knit socks on exercycle,
Hope next year smaller.
(Mary L. in Chapel Hill)
Fern green in a shawl
String and air make a soft fall
Across my shoulders
(Jaya)
From sheep to my foot
wool passes through many hands
I walk and give thanks
(Marie Gilbert)
Koigu calls me from
beneath a pile of Woolease
Aaaahhh.....sweet secret stash!
(Angela Langdale)
Knit, purl, talk, listen -
Thirteen hundred years ago;
Tomorrow morning.
(Ann Sheffield
Soft Yarn
Purring Cat
Blending peacefully
(Rita Ross)
They ask me "What's that?"
I reply, "Willie Warmer"
They have no patience.
(The Sock Goddess)
"Make my socks blue, please."
Their prayer swells my ego.
I am fed with socks.
(Gale Hughes)
It's a funeral.
But passion for purple socks
Outweighs decorum.
(Gale Hughes)
Worn wooden needles
gnarled bent arthritic fingers
knit ancient patterns
(Anne Timpson)
Summers green leaf
Autumns hussy
dressed in red
(Anne Timpson)
Basking in the sun
I sit on the beach and knit
A colorful sock
(Barbara's daughter)
Snow falls silently
as I sit by the window
knitting, watching, still
(Chris Silker from snowy Minnesota)
When I must make sense
of life going in circles
I knit socks again
(Karen in Georgia)
Cast-on, kitchener,
A sock is a circle that
Both begins and ends
(Karen in Georgia)
Cuff-down or toe-up
Two circs or double points
To each knitter's own
(Karen in Georgia)
Another round and
Yet another still; it must
be Opal yarn
(Karen in Georgia)
Grey ribbing, endless
First socks for my dear husband
Of big feet, big heart
(Karen in Georgia)
Kids in bed asleep
Husband travelling again
I knit all night long
(Karen in Georgia)
Yarn comes tumbling out
My spouse says to me, "I thought
Tribbles were fiction."
(Karen in Georgia)
Piano lessons
And "Children's Choir" practice
My SIP goes along
(Karen in Georgia)
Our feet the same size
But Mom likes her socks crazy
While mine are more plain
(Karen in Georgia)
Socks for Mother's Day
Wild Mexiko colors
Will I finish them?
(Karen in Georgia)
Ever-present jeans
Wearing Birks and hand-knit socks
A casual mom
(Karen in Georgia)
Every stitch, prayer
Every round, a hug for you
It's love through knitting
(Karen in Georgia)
My sock drawer full
I remember those without
And knit them a pair
(Karen in Georgia)
Children with cold feet
Cancer patients without hair
I serve through knitting
(Karen in Georgia)
Yarn, pattern have sung
Decreases, grafting done
They are SIPs no more
(Karen in Georgia)
In praise of Addis
I sing a song through my socks
Finishing quickly
(Karen in Georgia)
The perfect union
Of yarn and pattern merging
Happy heart and feet
(Karen in Georgia)
Ribbings plain, fancy
Gratitude I give to Joy
Wonderful choices
(Karen in Georgia)
Just to name a few
Sockguy, Dana, Jaya, Wren
Talented, sharing
(Karen in Georgia)
Tink tink tink I go
Music with thin wooden sticks
Socks for my bare feet
(Sissy)
Lace pattern so dense
the chart confuses me more -
dropped stitch runs down.... help!
(Rose)
color rules in knit
or purl keeping woes at bay
needles bless!
(Laura Andersson)
Sheepstail clouds curl by
and sheepswool yarn in basket
dreams of knitting clouds
(Catherine Wingate)
Stash busting husband
I hide my yarns from his eyes
I must go buy more.
(Carolyn Ricker)
Knitting all patterns
They are unique and lovely
Will I live that long?
(Carolyn Ricker)
Needle breaks mid row
A pout, a sigh, vexation
Chocolate or new needle?
(Carolyn Ricker)
Charts graphs colors shapes yarn
Into lovely knitted things
My needles share love.
(Carolyn Ricker)
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