tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12340286.post114756596793184466..comments2024-03-13T06:32:57.571-04:00Comments on . . . in the pantry: The Pottery ShawlCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11361090241108323002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12340286.post-1147728916930637312006-05-15T17:35:00.000-04:002006-05-15T17:35:00.000-04:00Catherine -- Yes, to knit mindfully for another pe...Catherine -- Yes, to knit mindfully for another person is a form of prayer. 8 years ago I knit a guernsey for a friend who was turning 40 -- he was newly and unhappily divorced, wanting a family, at loose ends all around. I knitted into the wrist bands and waist bands all the cardinal virtues in seed stitch (you know, love honor honesty charity valor etc etc) along with his name and birthdate. Well, the seed stitch letters were very subtle and the recipient had not noticed them but when he wore it home his mother took one look and said, ''take that sweater off, I want to look at it." Having looked at it, she asked whether he had noticed the writing and he said he had not, but that he had put the sweater on the day it arrived in the mail and had hardly taken it off since but didn't really know why. I don't know that it was all the prayers but I do know that he soon married -- happily I believe -- and now has two little boys of his own. IvyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com