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

Mon Dec 16 17:09:28 UTC 2019

I loved it so much funny from kk

On 12/16/19, Terry Powers via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> I love it!!!
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> Terry
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> This is terrific!  Thanks!
> Tracy
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> 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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