[NFB-Krafters-Korner] ''Twas the Knit before Christmas

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Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] ''Twas the Knit before Christmas

KNITTERS CHRISTMAS EVE By Nancy Masseroni Twas the night before Christmas
and all around me Was unfinished knitting not under the tree.
The stockings weren't hung by the chimney with care `Cause the heels and
toes had not a stitch there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, But I had not finished the
caps for their heads.
Dad was asleep; he was no help at all,
And the sweater for him was six inches too small, When out on the lawn there
arose such a clatter I put down my needles to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tripped over my yarn and fell down with a crash.
The tangle of yarn that lay deep as the snow Reminded me how much I still
had to go.
Out on my lawn I heard such a noise,
I thought it would wake both Dad and the boys.
And though I was tired, my brain a bit thick, I knew in a moment it must be
St Nick.
But what I heard then left me perplex-ed, For not a name I heard was what I
expected, "Move, Ashford! Move, Lopi! Move, Addi and Clover!
Move, Reynolds! Move Starmore! Move Froelich -move over Paton, don't circle
'round; stand in the line.
Come now, you sheep will work out just fine!
I know this is hard; it's just your first year, I'd hate to go back to eight
tiny reindeer."
I peered over the sill; what I saw was amazing, Eight wooly sheep on my lawn
all a-grazing.
And then, in a twinkle, I heard at the door Santa's feet coming across the
porch floor.
I rose from my knees and got back on my feet, And as I turned 'round St Nick
I did meet.
He was dressed all in wool from his head to his toe, And his clothes were
hand knit from above to below.
A bright Fairisle sweater he wore on his back, And his toys were all stuffed
in an Aran knit sack.
His cap was a wonder of bobbles and lace A beautiful frame for his rosy red
face.
The scarf 'round his neck could have stretched for a mile, And the socks
peeking over his boots were Argyle.
The back of his mittens bore an intricate cable.
And suddenly on one I espied a small label, "S.C." was duplicate stitched on
the cuff, And I asked, "Hey, Nick, did you knit all this stuff?"
He proudly replied, "Ho, ho, ho, yes I did.
I learned how to knit when I was a kid."
He was chubby and plump, a quite well-dressed old man, And I laughed to
myself, for I'd thought up a plan.
I flashed him a grin and jumped up in the air, And the next thing he knew,
he was tied to a chair, He spoke not a word, but looked in his lap Where I'd
laid my needles and yarn for a cap.
He quickly began knitting, first one cap then two, For the first time I
thought I might really get through.
He put heels in the stockings and toes in some socks.
While I sat back drinking scotch on the rocks.
So quickly like magic his needles they flew That he was all finished by
quarter to two.
He sprang for his sleigh when I let him go free, And over his shoulder he
looked back at me, And I heard him exclaim as he sailed past the moon, "Next
year start your knitting sometime in June!"

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