I made the most of my time during a train trip on the weekend, by taking my knitting to occupy me, in the absence of modern techno equipment. My lilac shawl grew in leaps and bounds, I was so glad that i had thought to take it. To my annoyance there was a knotted join in the yarn, so I made a larger join with ends long enough to sew in later. However once home, I realized that all was not well and decided to take it all off the needles, unravel a couple of rows and tidy the join up to my satisfaction. This I did and continued to knit three or four more rows. I checked my progress and was frustrated to find that I had made a couple of errors picking up the stitches, which on close inspection looked strange. What to do?
The yarn is of uneven texture,and the tension loose, the pattern is plain garter stitch, hence mistakes are clearly visible. No question, I needed to fix it.
I picked up a crochet hook, dropped the stitches back to the trouble spots and carefully picked my way back up through the rows, back to the 'live' row. Happy with that I proceeded with my knitting.
This incident got me thinking about life, how important it is to recognize mistakes that we make and to go back and make things right when and wherever ever possible. Ignoring them can cause further problems and foster guilt. Better to repair, and, if necessary seek forgiveness before moving on.
Just like knitting, the patterns of our lives need close attention to produce pleasing results to God.
Keep an eye on the pattern...
Simply Susan
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