The Knitting Fiend

I’ve been adding Fibs to supplement my Haiku. So I thought I’d better an self updating list of my Knitting Fibs; the more recent ones will appear nearer the top of the list.

Fibs are a type of poem based on Fibonnaci numbers, which progresses as “0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, . . .”

The poems begin with silence to represent zero; the second line contains 1 syllable. The number of syllables in each succeeding line is equal to the sum of the number in the previous two lines. Counting the silent line as #1, most poems continue up the 7th line. However, the poet may continue adding lines if she so desires.

Here are mine: (more…)

 
Grim.
Grey
Growing.
What gloomy gardener
would labor to grow grey blossoms?

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I have this image listed in my notes as a kit to knit a pattern designed by Kaffee Fassett, but I didn’t note where I found it.

Could this really be a Kaffe Fassett? The man is acclaimed as a genius for creating bright colorful knits. He moved on to create bright colorful needlepoint, quilts, and dishes. Did he really design this deadly dull, yet quite enormous, intarsia flower?

I guess if he did, he must have designed this during his drab period.

 

Sexy fringe flutters
    swaying in the soft sea breeze,
                      blue as the ocean.

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Dee saw this pattern at Elann.com and just knew a Haiku lay inside. I mean, cat attracting fringe hanging from the skirt the width of a belt? A knitting pattern like this requires some comment!

At least she’s modeling it at the sea side where other knitters are likely wearing less!

Normally, this would end a haiku entry. However, since the whole “fib” meme arose, I can’t help thinking up those too. However, despite the pseudo-mathematical nature of fibs, starting with two single syllables often leads to horrible choppy, ugly poems, so you’ll see more haiku than fib. But, as long as I thought of one, and it’s not too dreadfully choppy, I’ll let you decide.

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Blue
fringe
dangles,
fluttering
as a woman strolls
near the silent sandy seashore.