Knit One Purl Two

The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God. - Thoreau

I pulled a loose thread on my sweater.

Thinking the neater the better.

It just kept unraveling.

My spirit traveling.

Until there was nothing left but an unruly pile of yarn on the floor.

Nothing more.

But you see, I know a tailor.

A very reasonable wholesaler.

My own personal habadasher.

Sewing circle, party-crasher.

It's okay.

I never liked that sweater anyway.

God will make a new one for a new day.

No matter what I do, he will ...

... knit one purl two ...

Author's Note

"When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

You took me back a bit, I learned to knit at an early age. I come from a family who used to knit all their own jumpers. I was always worried about dropping stitches because they turned into holes. But loose threads, they are something else. This was a very visual write and that pile of unraveled thread is fixed firmly in my head. All wool and no jumper. A fun write but this could be read on other levels. Well done Pete.

Chris

[Pete]

oh wow, a family of knitters. must be in the genes. not a bad thing to pass down thru the generations. sounds like you know how to keep it together & not come unraveled. won't need a sweater today, so hot. stay cool chris ... :)

[barleygirl]

This is one of the best spiritual messages I've read in MONTHS! This is a great analogy! The knitting details I'd forgotten about are well crafted to suggest we are "WORKS IN PROGRESS" (under the direction of God, of course!) I think spiritual writing should be more casual & conversational & fun like this. I do not like how some spiritual writers get all stuffy or serious or they use bible-ease that sounds pretentious or condescending. Why can't spirituality just be comfortable & everyday, like this? (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

hmm. thank you Margie. i guess i do have my moments (Wink). we are in the throes of summer heat & humidity. hope you are keeping cool! ... :)

[barleygirl]

We only had one day (so far) up to 105* and only about five days up to 100* . . . otherwise a cool dry comfy 90-ish is making me smile! Sorry you've got that blasted humidity!

[Pete]

i've been to the shore to try and cool off but the beach nearest me has a yucky, smelly algae problem. i swim anyway to cool off but my bathing trunks come out holding more than the family jewels. the older i get the more i appreciate air conditioning ... :)

[Pete]

come to think if it, maybe i should do a write on that!

[barleygirl]

Oh s**t yeah! Please do! Those gunky trunks have to be center stage. That is soooo YUKKY!

[Neville]

my wife asked me for some new sexy underwear, I said not on ya nelly.. put a patch on the knee like the other pair.... waste not want not and live in hope....

tho not of the same faith you got my respect sir....

[Pete]

Lol. patched bloomers - can't get much more frugal than that. one man's pleasure is another man's vice. thank you neville ... :)

[Neville]

and the elbow of the top half :)

[poetgurl]

Something I never learnt how to do, don't really have the patience for it. I enjoyed your write though,

[Pete]

no worries kimmie. i can't do it either, just write about it. patience is a virtue anyway. thank you ... :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Hmm, knit one, purl two...I never did get the hang of it. But I DID learn not to pull the threads of sweaters!

[Pete]

well, you won't have to learn how as long as you don't come unraveled. no sweaters today. 90s heat upon us. stay cool kelly ... :)