Tricia Storh Hunt
Liz Garton Scanlon
Tanita S. Davis
Laura Purdie Salas
Kelly R. Fineman
Sara Lewis Holmes
Here is my contribution; one of a series of Odes to Knitting that I've been playing with this month.
Frogging
In knittingthe frog isnot the coolgreen fellowsitting on lily padscroaking in afternoon sun.No - it’s muchmore tragicthan that idyll.Frogging itin knittingis ripping outall of yesterdayor last week’swork in dismay.The pattern went wrong,stitch count is off.Hours erasedfrom the lifeof my fingers.Seeking the right path.RRRiiiiiiiipppp it out -try again
tomorrow.
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8 comments:
So, I loved all three of your odes and actually read them as a cycle of poems. I do love this and can feel the pain of undoing all the work. It's why I gave up on crocheting. I'm too much of a perfectionist and was constantly ripping out and starting over. Who knew there was a name for this?
Well done, Andi. I do hope you'll share the others some day.
I love this, Andi. Just last night I unraveled (or ripped, or whatever) the first 8 rows of my project and started again. This is my 4th attempt! Somehow, I still love, though, that--unlike in writing--there IS a "right" way to do whatever the project is. The reward IS reachable, if I just keep trying. I especially love "Hours erased from the life of my fingers." I just count those hours as physical meditation, though:>) I hope you'll be sharing the other knitting poems, too!
I agree with Tricia -- they could totally be read together as sort of a triptych. This one is so well done but it pains me!!!
Frogging is a sad, sad fact of life... and I've been avoiding it on a scarf project that I only work on in church. I am realizing that I cannot both pay attention and knit, and the number of dropped stitches in the thing is... well. I'll be ribbit-ripping along with you shortly.
Frogging is one of those cool terms that I never knew existed and now want to use all the time---about everything, not just knitting! Frogging a draft of a novel at the moment... :) In any case, this poem doesn't need frogging; it's excellently made.
I didn't know this definition of frogging before, but I love how your ending "Rrrrrip it out" echoes the "ribbit" of a real frog. And how the frustration of it all comes through, but in a humorous way.
As a frog lover and a knitter, I felt your pain in rrrripppping your stitches. Love this one!
What Kelly said about "Rrrrrrip it" and "ribbit"! And echoing the request Laura made for more knitting poems!
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