knitting poetry?

Apr 06, 2006 4 Replies

I've been working on a baby blanket for my niece. My brother's wife is now pregnant longer than she was with the first baby, which is a small miracle in itself. (The first baby was such a preemie I chewed my brother out for not giving me a chance to finish the baby quilt!) Last time, I made a label for the back using a picture of the sweet one, and her birthdate and statistics printed onto fabric.



This time, I'm knitting a sweet blanket. I'm 70 rows short of finishing, and I'd like to find a poem to print onto a label I can stitch to the back.



Does anyone know of any such poems?



This one is for a quilt, but doesn't work for an afghan:



It's Your Quilt



It's OK if you sit on your quilt It's OK if your bottle gets spilt If you swallow some air and you burp, don't despair it's OK if you spit on your quilt



There are scraps old and new on your quilt Put together for you on your quilt If your gums feels numb 'cause your teeth haven't come It's OK if you chew on your quilt



We expect you to lie on your quilt If you're hurt you may cry on your quilt On a cold rainy night, don't you fret, you're all right You'll be snug, warm and dry on your quilt



Thanks.


Apologies to the originator, but here's a variant on the original that I made:

It's Your Blankie

It's OK if you sit on your blankie It's OK if you sometimes get cranky If you swallow some air and you burp, don't despair it's OK if you spit on your blankie

There is love knit right into your blankie By your doting and very proud auntie If your gums feels numb 'cause your teeth haven't come It's OK if you chew on your blankie

We expect you to lie on your blankie If you're hurt you may cry on your blankie On a cold rainy night, don't you fret, you're all right You'll be snug, warm and dry on your blankie

Gina

Els and Gina! You both are absolutely brilliant!!! Eve :o)

Wow Eve, I have to tell Otto that....LOL

happy knitting

Els

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