I wish you a merry
Eve of Christmas Eve today
Knit on, Happy Friend
or
December is short
Christmas Day is almost here
How goes the knitting?
or, perhaps
Composing Haiku
While knitting this dumb stocking
Is straining my brain
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Christmas Countdown with a knitterly birthday ditty.
Wool and alpaca and silk, yes, indeed,
These things for my birthday are all that I need.
And you know that I love a nice chocolate cake,
But yarn’s just as good, and you won’t have to bake.
When thinking of me on this day of my birth,
Let’s add to my stash and not to my girth.
This day it was a busy one
With lots of work and lots of fun
We laughed, we played, we made big messes
We built with blocks and wore princess dresses
I kissed a knee that was sore
I tickled a kid upon the floor
The dishes got washed, the beds got made
The floor got mopped, the bills got paid
This day it was a busy one
Lots of work and lots of fun
And now the kids have gone to bed
The bedtime stories have been read
Now I get some time for me
I try to knit while I watch TV
But I’m so tired I cannot think
And it seems that all I do is tink
So with yarn and needles in my lap
I find that all I do is nap
When lace has got you down
You’ve tinked more than you can count
Turn a heel
When silk has got you beat
Knit something for your feet
Turn a heel
When your knitting’s just too tough
Get your socks knit past the cuff
Turn a heel
When you can’t find your knitting mojo
Work some socks from cuff to toe… jo
Turn a heel
Turn a heel, turn a heel
Yeah, you’ll love how it will feel
Turn a heel
And maybe work some gusset rounds, too!
My Kai-Mei Socks are coming along rather nicely, if I do say so myself.
From Me to You
I made this little thing for you
With two sticks and some string
I worked on it for quite some time
It’s a very special thing
Choosing a pattern took awhile
But I finally found the one
It spoke of you and begged to be
Given to you when it was done
The yarn is precious and very soft
No acrylic for you, my dear
If you take care and treat it right
It will last you many a year
But, do not fear to put it to use
Enjoy it all the more
I would rather see it worn threadbare
Than forgotten in your drawer
This gift of love from me to you
Is more than yarn in knots
In every stitch there is the thought
“I love you lots and lots!”
A Knitting Acrostic
Keeping me entertained,
Needles softly clicking.
I sit with wool upon my lap,
Through my fingers yarn is slipping.
The weight of the day,
Is falling away,
Nothing could be better.
Gaining much more than a sweater.
I have a million things to do
I know they must be done
Dust and mop and clean and shop
But none of that is fun
I have a billion things to do
A billion things, I know
And I will do them, yes I will
Just let me finish this one row…
