If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it. (William Arthur Ward)

Creating ourselves one stitch at a time: 

A pattern gives us an idea of what we want to knit. It's the blueprint that draws our attention to the design, and we focus on the outcome, because we know how it will look when it's done. We could choose to use the same yarn and needles, or we could choose to use our own. We could choose to modify the pattern, or we could choose to follow it exactly. However we choose to interpret the pattern, it is special because WE knitted it.

The same is true of life, only knitting allows us to visualise the completed article, to see how we want it to be. Visualising who we want to become is a little trickier, because we don't have a pattern, a photo to work from; we have to use our imagination. We have to see this new person we want to be in our mind's eye. 

And once we start, we have to ask ourselves are we willing to commit to finishing it? And if so, what are we going to do to get there? We need to start, one stitch at a time, one row at a time, and keep going. 

We need to remember why we want to complete this project, so that we can recover if we drop a stitch, we have to go back and start again, or we have to learn a challenging new pattern. And we have to be willing to ask for help when we need it. 

The support of other knitters can be a tremendous help, it creates an environment of encouragement and support, and maybe we do need the support of our friends, to help us change in our lives. 

But once we do, knitting gives us a completed article, evidence that we achieved what we set out to do, and proof that we can do it again. 

Purlgirl xx