Many thanks to Rochelle for Friday Fictioneers.
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Repeated Pattern?
The yarn I stashed because it was beautiful.
The yarn I knit with, purls, knits, becoming braids, a yarnover.
The indie dyes that captured my heart: greens; purples with teal and forest.
“Enough yarn now, isn’t it? Are you a hoarder?”
I send off a package for charity; hats and mittens for needy.
“Not more yarn?”
The shawl with fake cables, open-work, brilliant blues, like a peacock, for his mother. “For me?”
He slaps the needles from my hands. “I know what you’re doing.”
Stitches slip from needles. He has no clue.
Miles away, cashmere, a death, casting-on.
Perfect cast-off.
End
An intriguing piece
A soft and cosetting death. Lovely menace in thus
Thank you, Neil. Can’t pull the wool over your eyes. (sorry….the pun just had to come out.) 🤣
Oh my. Whose death? This is an intriguing piece, and I’m wondering if that angry man just killed his mother!
I’m thinking the angry man discovers karma. Thank you so much, Linda! 🙂
Interesting story. I like the ending.
Thank you so much! 🙂
There’s clearly more than meets the eye going on here. Perhaps something magical. Intriguing.
There’s clearly something more than meets the eye going on here. Perhaps something magical. Intriguing.
Thank you! 🙂
Very intriguing. Like the opening of a mystery movie.
Thank you! 🙂
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I like the premise to this, where the knitting is not just knitting, and aside from the mystical aspect, those who receive hand-made items are receiving love made manifest in the wool from the giver. Good use of the prompt image, Sascha.
I appreciate it, Lisa. Thank so much! 🙂
Once he slaps the needles from her hands, I’d say his fate is sealed. I love all the knitting images in this, and how you’ve used them to build the tension, and an eerie mood too. Great ending – ‘Perfect cast-off.’
Thank you so much, Margaret! 🙂
Dear Sascha,
I’m mystified by this colorful piece. Great ending line.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you, Rochelle. I may have let the knitting motif get away from me. haha