Knitting prayer shawls is a growing trend in churches, that is picking up as more young women (and men) start to pick up needles. I thought a site that has lovely, easy patterns would be a good idea.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
New Shawl Coming
The muse has bitten me again. I'm inspired to create a new shawl, a triangle one for a change, dedicated to Barbara Kingsolver. I'm swatching busily.
Barbara Kingsolver is not a unique voice in the world of women in sustainable agriculture, she is a member in a long line of female voices in this field. But I chose her to represent the rest, women like Helen Nearing, Ruth Stout and Deborah Koons Garcia, because her essay "A Fist in the Eye of God" is what really got me thinking hard about what I eat.
First installment - almost the edge - I can't believe 4 lines can create such a complicated and graceful knit pattern!