nightshooter09
I Knit for Peace.
"Knitting for Peace", by Betty Christiansen is a book I've recently acquired, even though I've been knitting for peace for a few years. It's a great book.
She has some terrific links in it, which I will add as a I have time.
Here's a small sampling:
www.silentwitness.net -- a terrific initiative!
The Mother Bear Project
P.O. Box 62188
Minneapolis, MN 55426
USA
Here's another independent review of the book (I am in no way affiliated with the book, the author or any of the organizations listed), "Knit for Peace" if you'd like to get a second opinion. knitting.about.com/od/reviews/fr/knitting-peace.htm
My Grandmother who was born in 1910 was a Woman of Peace; though she lived through many years of war and conflict, she never wavered as a woman of Peace. She was my hero in life and in death.
My Grandmother was raised as a Dunkard -- now known as the Brethren Church -- a member of one of the three historic Peace Churches (the other two being Quakers and Mennonite). I grew up with these people as influences in my life since girlhood. What a rude awakening I had when I got into the "real world". But I still wanted to be a woman of Peace one day myself. This is much harder work than it sounds. Knitting is a small and simple way to live out a value of Peace.
We all deserve personal peace; knitting helps me acknowedge this toward others, even when I struggle with the perfect words or attitudes that I just cannot collect and speak . . . knitting is like having the Peace of Hands.
Even though my Grandmother wanted to, she could never make her hands master knitting, even before her joints became a big pain issue. But she didn't need to knit for peace as she lived in Peace with everyone in her life, no matter how difficult she found a way to keep her inner peace. She wanted to be a person of love and kindness, no matter what. How I wish more of us could be like her.
Happy Knitting to my knitting friends.
PEACE All,
nightshooter09
I Knit for Peace.
"Knitting for Peace", by Betty Christiansen is a book I've recently acquired, even though I've been knitting for peace for a few years. It's a great book.
She has some terrific links in it, which I will add as a I have time.
Here's a small sampling:
www.silentwitness.net -- a terrific initiative!
The Mother Bear Project
P.O. Box 62188
Minneapolis, MN 55426
USA
Here's another independent review of the book (I am in no way affiliated with the book, the author or any of the organizations listed), "Knit for Peace" if you'd like to get a second opinion. knitting.about.com/od/reviews/fr/knitting-peace.htm
My Grandmother who was born in 1910 was a Woman of Peace; though she lived through many years of war and conflict, she never wavered as a woman of Peace. She was my hero in life and in death.
My Grandmother was raised as a Dunkard -- now known as the Brethren Church -- a member of one of the three historic Peace Churches (the other two being Quakers and Mennonite). I grew up with these people as influences in my life since girlhood. What a rude awakening I had when I got into the "real world". But I still wanted to be a woman of Peace one day myself. This is much harder work than it sounds. Knitting is a small and simple way to live out a value of Peace.
We all deserve personal peace; knitting helps me acknowedge this toward others, even when I struggle with the perfect words or attitudes that I just cannot collect and speak . . . knitting is like having the Peace of Hands.
Even though my Grandmother wanted to, she could never make her hands master knitting, even before her joints became a big pain issue. But she didn't need to knit for peace as she lived in Peace with everyone in her life, no matter how difficult she found a way to keep her inner peace. She wanted to be a person of love and kindness, no matter what. How I wish more of us could be like her.
Happy Knitting to my knitting friends.
PEACE All,
nightshooter09