If you follow my works on facebook, instagram etc. You may have noticed that I often add a poem or a little bit of writing here and there. Or maybe you have purchased one of my patterns and found a poem hiding amidst the instructions.
I like to write!
Now, I didn’t say I was great at it, and I know my grammar and punctuation is much like an out of control train headed straight for the station, but I do my best.
I find writing an extension of creativity and feel it adds just a little bit more of a personal touch to my designs. I write about things that I love and feel strongly about. I thought I would share just a few of my scribbles here.
Note: If there is pattern attached to any of these writings you will find it by clicking the poem.
In my latest design ‘The Tangled Garden Shawl’ I have written about what I think a garden should be.
Those who know me well, will know I love the colour purple.
Naturally I had to write about it!
Become a Dragonfly Cindee Rose Blanket was dedicated to a dear friend that left the building quite suddenly. I wrote ‘Good Bye Cindee Rose’ for this.
Many of my designs feature my own signature Dragonflies. At certain times of year I have Dragonflies in abundance where I live. I love to watch them flit about, seemingly on a mission of their very own.
One of these little scribbles is ‘I Wish I Were a Dragonfly’. And following that I wrote ‘If I Were a Dragonfly’
I dedicated ‘Pink’ to an Irish friend who really does not think very much of the colour!
When I designed ‘A Contemplation of Cats Blanket’, I used a BWM cotton yarn in a lovely peach/orange colour and this prompted a poem about the colour ORANGE!
Last year I designed ‘I wish I were a Butterfly Blanket’ and wrote a poem with the same title.
I am always spending way too much time trying to discover where I have put my crochet hook. I am sure that they are hiding from me. I decided to write about this issue.
Who doesn’t find it hard to put the crochet down and go to bed!
This prompted this poem.
And my final one for this post is dedicated to one of my fabulous pattern testers/editors who has the patience of an angel. She puts up with my crazy errors and wades her way through my inability to count at times. Nikki also likes to make a point of creating her tests in the colour GREEN, mainly due to the fact that she knows I really hate green. So I wrote this for NIkki.
I will continue to add my musings to my patterns and platforms and hope that they are received well!
Six Wishes for a Dragonfly by Nikki Barker