Knitting and praying

How do these two things fit together? With the hands busy the mind and spirit has time to contemplate other things. Our handmade creations are works of love, a commitment of time and dedication to the craft. I would like to use some of my knitting time working for the needs of others. I would like my prayers to be sent with the knitted item as I give it away. I look forward to teaching others the delightful craft of knitting. I am anxious to find a place to focus our knitting hands and make some gifts, sometimes in person, other times at a distance.

How shall we begin? I need to recruit a group of knitters or wanna be knitters. From there we can decide what our focus should be - do we want to make baby hats, prayer shawls, foster child scarves, cancer caps....there are so many choices. We need a meeting place and time.

We need our devotions and prayers. I would like to recite a bible verse, poem or prayer each time I pick up the knitting project. I hope will encourage memorization of the verse and focus my thinking on words of strength, joy, healing, encouragement - the lessons of our lives.

I hope the blog is an exchange where we can keep our energies flowing and where anyone can join. Let's get started.