It's All Fun and Games...

...until someone loses a dpn.

That was the "class motto" I came up with for, but didn't submit to, one of the contests we held on our last day of after-school knitting yesterday.  The motto that won the popular vote?  "Knitting can end in peace and harmony, or vicious needle fights."

Other games included How Long Can You Balance a Knitting Needle on Your Head while Being (gently) Taunted and Drop This Ball of Dishcloth Cotton into a Bucket Two Stories Down, Avoiding Beaning Kindergarteners, which Causes a Deduction in Points.

However, my favorite contest by far was the Kniterick.  Check these out:

There once was a boy named Danny/ His knack for knitting was uncanny/ He knit a long shawl/ and stood proud and tall/ And wrapped it around his wee fanny.

Carley was a fine knitting fellow/ She knitted a sweater of yellow/ She knitted and purled/ and fitted and furled/ but it never fit onto her cello!

There was a young lady who knit/ It kept her from having a fit/ She knit with her toes/ and purled with her nose/ And didn't think a thing of it!

And finally, A Tragic Yarn:

An eager child grabbed at a skein/ She twisted again and again/ A clumsy baboon/ She wound up a cocoon/ And that's how yarn drove her insane!

Oh, how I'm gonna miss these kids.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a conversation about knitting and gender between a few of my boys and Jared of Brooklyn Tweed.

Comments

[scribblesnbits]

Your motto made me laugh out loud! I like all the knitericks and how they're being creative in other ways besides knitting. That picture's really neat, too!

[jennknits]

Thanks for visiting my blog...I anm in Great Falls. Your gorgeous bags inspired me to start one. Something about seeing them in multiples...

[Tammy]

I love the knitericks!! What a great bunch of kids, I would miss seeing them knitting so much I would start a summer knit-in at the park or someplace to see them. Can't wait to see the next post about the knitting and gender conversation.

[kelli ann]

i love, love, love all of you. equally and collectively; thanks for the poesy, and the laughs, and the thoughtful posting.

xoxo kelli ann