nimble fingers knit
looping and slipping rainbows –
needlework haiku
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
Image of yarn bombing in London found on Pinterest
My response to Carpe Diem #1074 knitting wool
Today Chèvrefeuille has given us another nice tool for art: knitting wool, from which we can create wonderful woollen clothes, puppets, spider web artwork, pockets for plants and ‘Yarn Bombing’, a new kind of playing with knitting wool to decorate trees or other objects, such as buses and caravans. It’s up to us to create/write a haiku or tanka on knitting wool! Here’s an example, ‘knitted’ by the man himself:
knitted jackets
coloring the trees in town –
everlasting spring
© Chèvrefeuille
writing in north norfolk 
needlework haiku…nice!!!
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Once upon a time I was an inveterate knit – you’d always find me in the corner at parties, knitting to Led Zeppelin, Genesis and Yes!
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😀
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That is very nice!
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🙂
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Delightful!
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Thank you! If I wasn’t so busy writing, I think I’d be tempted to take up knitting again!
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Knitting is a good thing. 😊Ditto for writing.
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I love to knit and the thought of needlework rainbows is a delight.
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I’m seriously thinking about starting again!
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