…that will take you out of the Labyrinth. Thread, yarn, weaving, spinning, sewing. Often a woman’s task, often part of the hearth and home imagery. Yarns are also “tales”, the stories told and untold. What stories centre around the hearth and home? More importantly for us weavers, spinners, seamstresses, and knitters, what stories centre around yarn and thread?
This page, for me, will centre around not only my own knitting projects, but also the ideas and stories behind the needles.
And now, to finish that scarf for my young son.
A lady after my own heart! I often include knitting in my stories; usually it’s just incidental – a character knits – but several times it has either been the theme of the story or a big part of the plot! Very cool.
Although I don’t knit, i will be coming back often to read your knitting stories.
I used to knit a very long time ago and still have the red jumper I made for my dear heart when we were young and first in love. What a lovely idea to have a special knitting blog.
I’m currently reading Charles Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities and there’s a character in it, Madame DeFarge, who knits throughout the novel. I think she’s akin to Penelope weaving and reweaving Ulysses’ shroud. Neat idea for a blog and it’s stories!
Oh, I’ve always wanted to learn to knit! But I’ll have fun seeing how you go about it, too. Very cool!