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An Ode To Knitting In Public

9/27/2015

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I Just can't get enough pictures of Yarn Quest in KALS (oh, by the way that's Knitting: A Love Story not Knit Alongs) so I thought I'd start this with a great picture (well, really not so great picture) of a sweater being hung.  Those ladies are always working!  One of my goals in Traverse City was to knit in public as much as possible.  When I started to write about it, it became "Here's a picture of my knitting at Centre Ice," "Here's a picture of me knitting at Brilliant Books," "Here's a picture of me knitting at Dillinger's."  BORING!!!!  So I decided to write a poem.  The first way may be boring, but this may be horrible.  Who knows?  Here goes. [see I'm warming up to rhyming.]
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While in Traverse City, did you really think
I'd be spending all of my time, at the skating rink?
Or did you know me and consider, 
That I might become a public knitter?
I always have something in my purse
Just in case my brain would burst,
From watching multi hours of hockey,
Without the benefit of saki.

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So here would be my first knit and eat.
Pulled pork at Ham Bonz is always a treat.
Have you ever paid attention to
How everybody stares at you
As if you were the strangest thing
Because you have two sticks and string.
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The next day on to Centre Ice.
Knitting in cool temps always feels nice.
Pull out yarn of any fiber
​It's twice as nice as gagets cyber.
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Then on to Brilliant Books a favorite place.
Park bench knitting puts a smile on my face.
A few doors down is What To Wear
A place that gives Dick quite a scare.
It is my favorite boutique shop
For women's clothes, it's hard to stop.
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Then off we go to visit the best
The fabulous Mary and favorite Yarn Quest.
I would love to knit as long as I'm able
At the welcoming, friendly Yarn Quest round table.
Unfortunate for me that Dick's in the car
So I guess I will wait to knit in the bar.
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On Saturday we always hit Bay View Inn,
To eat a little, knit a little and watch the Spartans win.
I think I'll stop right here before
You decide you can't taken any more.

Well, sorry folks!  I thought I would jazz things up as I told you about my Traverse City knitting in public experience.  I only got through day three and I was ready to say, "Shoot me!"  I also can't stop rhyming in my head!  Maybe that's why there is poetry that doesn't rhyme.  It doesn't drive you crazy.   
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One look is worth a 1,000 words.  This is a perfect critique of my rhyming skills.  Sorry.

​I think I will knit for a while to see if I can't make my brain to stop rhyming.  LaLaLaLa!
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Lori on Little Traverse Bay
10/11/2015 12:53:19 pm

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    This blog is dedicated to Mary Helen Growt my first knitting teacher and the woman who changed my life.  The mission of Knitting: A Love Story is to preserve, share and promote the love of knitting.

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