Mindful Knitting in the New Summer Knitty and so much more!

Today, Knitty.com summer 2008 is LIVE – and with it the Summer Mindful Knitting Column.

Please Read It!!! You know, you don’t need to know a thing about knitting to enjoy it. And there are several sweet photos – like this one of me and Zane in the backyard:

Zane and Tara

So much has been going on – this year is so very rich and amazing. I have been doing so much – and keep thinking – oh, I’ll post dispatches – but as with my comment during the Spring 08 MK Retreat- I’m just too involved with being IN it to talk ABOUT it.

So, thus far this year – which for me starts on Shambhala Day (this year February) – The 2008 Mindful Knitting Retreat – serious guitar studies (making my Stratocaster world debut in my back yard soon), LOTS of dharma studies and meditation, Shambhala Arts Training and Shambhala Arts Teacher Empowerment (that’s a big one, more on that soon), and I’m turning forty in a few weeks – that feels like a big one too.

Enjoy the column. I think I’m going to go outside with the kids – and maybe my knitting . . .
(read the column – that last line might be funnier).

About the Image above

The image in the header at the top of this page shows a unique phenomenon in the clouds over Boulder's Mt Sanitas, taken from the street outside my house. Upon seeing a vision similar to this cloud pattern in a dream, His Holiness, the 16th Karmapa of the Kagyu Buddhist tradition, designed what has come to be known as "The Dream Flag." He called it Namkhyen Gyaldar -- "Victorious Flag of the Buddha's Wisdom" -- and announced "Wherever this banner is flown, the Dharma will flourish." For more about The Dream Flag and His Holiness, visit: http://www.dharma-haven.org/ dream-flag.htm#Overview

4 Responses to “Mindful Knitting in the New Summer Knitty and so much more!”

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1 Dharma June 12, 2008 at 11:57 am

I really enjoyed that article, particularly the idea of having rotating media for expression.

2 sixbadboys June 15, 2008 at 7:45 pm

I’m exactly there right now, and since I blog, I feel I should keep up the good fight to knit! But there are fresh strawberries and pools to attend. Thank you for giving me permission to not pressure myself.

3 Karen June 19, 2008 at 11:12 pm

I found your article deeply inspiring and exactly what I needed to hear right now. My first creative love has always been writing but lately I’ve been feeling uninspired to write and absolutely itching to knit or sew. Working with fiber and color is like diving into this deep, refreshing pool where nothing Important is expected of my work, just the celebration of creating something beautiful or useful (and hopefully both). I have really struggled to accept this lull in my writing, and felt a bit guilty about it, as if I’m betraying my craft but your article helped me see that what I’m experiencing is normal. And that it can be productive.

Keep sharing your thoughts….I love your knitty column!

4 Ballee September 4, 2008 at 1:47 pm

Hi,
Thanks for your inspiring colums and website!
I’m in The Netherlands, Europe, and working on a course/workshop about Mindfulness Knitting.
Knit with attention, as a meditation.
Just found the perfect place for it, now it needs people to gather!
But I’m sure this will work out, it needs some time and talking.

Thanks, and if you have any hints/tips or anything, let me know!

Sorry for my bad English, I’m a native Dutch..

Puk
http://knittingajour.blogspot.com