Poetry In Motion

By Karen B.

Your needles move me.Secret poem, coming aliveOne letter apiece. – Karen B.

Thanks to Mason-Dixon Knitting, I came across The Poetry Society’s “Knit a Poem” project. According to the site, letters are being knit and crocheted by hundreds of hands, with the hope of being assembled into a still-secret poem by October 2009.

They apparently have an [...]

Say What?

By Karen B.

Saw: Today I grew a new personSays: Today I, the new person,

Saw: Gifts of contemptuous jewelrySays: Gifts of contemporary jewelry

Saw: Light was in the glitter guild meetingSays: Last night was the knitters guild meeting

Saw: Plenty of time to execute the guy thoroughly.Says: Plenty of time to evaluate the guy thoroughly.

Could it be that I have some [...]

Words Worth

By Karen B.

Trope. Punctum. Hoary.

All excellent words, having nothing whatsoever to do with knitting. They come to my collector’s mind through the usual way: reading about one thing leads me down a completely different path. I end up wandering in the land of logorrhea.

I have loved many words in my time – from albatross to xenophobe, [...]