cables and lace

a reason I knit

I love seeing yarn
looped horizontally
across knitting needles,
to feeling it pass,
so smooth,
so strong,
through the fingers
and turn into a web—
each piece unique
as the time and knitter
who created it.

knitting is a knot.
one enormous knot
as bit as the pattern
and imagination
can make it.
one pull in a right place,
and it will unravel,
running down in ladders
that break the pattern—
leaving only destruction.

in a project bag,
I play with shades of pink yarn
and ladders,
dropping intentional stitches
to make a cabled shawl
as light as lace,
and whenever I come
to a place to drop a stitch,
I blush, and look around,
too bashful to let it fall
where anyone can see,
but filled with glee
to see the pattern form
from something I feel
I shouldn’t do.

Prompt for: Jan 24, 2016 ▶︎

Subject or Theme: Favorite hobby or pastime; anything EXCEPT writing!
Word(s) to Include: bashful, horizontal, "name of your pastime," "any color" (or any derivatives of these words)
Forbidden Word(s): favorite, hobby, fun, enjoy, my (or any derivatives, compound or hyphenations of these words)
Additional Parameters: Minimum of 24 lines; no one word lines
Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.

the shawl in question is: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTjeanie.html
using this yarn: http://www.mrscrosbyplays.com/nearly-solids.html in icebox watermelon