A Knitty Ditty
We knitters are a motley lot
from every corner of every spot.
Some of us throw, and some of us pick,
while others are more inclined to flick
with wool or acrylic, alpaca or cotton,
or whatever sale yarn we might have once gotten.
We travel all over to fatten our stashes,
from LYS to fiber fair to hidden yard sale caches.
We're always a-stitchin' on something like socks...
...a scarf or a sweater in a nice superwash
for knit-worthy family, friends, and few others.
I know some knitters who won't even knit for their mothers.
Sometimes we knit, and sometimes we frog,
sometimes we gather for a cool Knit Along.
We meet up online or at shops around town,
or retreat to our dens to detach and wind down.
Other times we lose hours to Ravelry and Pinterest
and hoard more patterns than we thought could exist.
We often meet folks who make jokes of our hobby,
but to them we say, “Tish tosh! No knits for you, snobby!”
We're happy to laugh and be part of your fun...
...but we'll remember your jabs when you say, “Oooh, make me one?”
Like one whom we love, like a close, sacred friend,
like a habit or vice upon which we depend,
perhaps not like food or the air that we breathe,
but knitting is something a knitter always needs.
Our knitting's beside us through the thins and through thicks.
When life gets us down, we reach for our sticks
and get lost in the magic of making our arts,
the stitching, the blocking, the seaming of parts,
the something from nothing that knitting provides,
the coming together as so much divides.
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