Knitting by Faith
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Knitting by Faith is an inspiring and entertaining celebration of the craft that combines a belief in God. This delightful collection captures the warmth and enjoyment of knitting from choosing and trying not to hoard yarn to wrestling with difficult projects. And ultimately, bridging the connection knitting has with the inward journey of faith. Knitting by Faith is a satisfying book of the author’s personal insights that will engage and inspire.
This petite book is told in twelve short chapters. A full excerpt of the first chapter can be found on the author's website at julieleesongnorman.com
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Knitting by Faith - Julie LeeSong Norman
Dedication
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As promised, this book is dedicated to my fifth grade school teacher, Mrs. Ann Chambers. This is not the original book that I wrote about my runt of the litter cat. Nevertheless, my promise to dedicate my first book to you has finally been fulfilled.
Knitting by Faith
© Copyright March 2013 Julie LeeJung Norman
All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part, store in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means - electronic, mechanical or other - without written permission.
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Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. TM Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Introduction
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Acknowledgements
About the Author
Introduction
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It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that a knitter, while knitting, thinks. A knitter’s thoughts can be about the project at hand, which yarn to buy next, what to make for dinner or solutions to the world’s problems. The process of knitting allows a knitter to use both sides of one’s brain, by using both left and right hands simultaneously. This can lead to some focused thinking and meditation. When that knitter is a Christian, the thoughts can invariably lead toward faith. In my case, the result is the book you are reading right now.
In 2009, I came home from a two week trip to India, where I had spent time teaching women to knit. While processing the experiences and still jet lagged, I wrote out a rough story of some of my experiences. After two more trips to India to work with women and teach handcrafts, I revisited the story and polished it. As other writers critiqued it, I began to realize that the story of my experiences in India would make a good ending to a book on knitting and faith. I already had other short pieces written; some that I’ve used while teaching in India and others as they came to me while I was knitting. Knitting by Faith was born in those moments and you can read the piece that started it all in chapter twelve, The Day I Checked My Knitting.
The following chapters are written from the perspective of an evangelical Christian. Other than a few years of Bible College, I have no formal theological training and this book should not be taken as such. A professor of theology once told me that our theology changes and should change as we grow in faith; keeping essentials the same, but the gray areas can alter. This writing reflects my perspective at the time of this publication.
These reflections are shared with you so that you may be encouraged, strengthened and challenged in your knitting and faith. May you knit on through all circumstances with courage and faith.
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Master Knitter
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The innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care...
~ William Shakespeare from Macbeth
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I once dreamt that I was in God’s throne