Wednesday, January 11, 2006

'Twas Two Days Before Christmas

'Twas two days before Christmas
And from store to yarn store
Went a poor worn-out knitter
Who was searching for more
Bright red Plymouth EncoreTo finish a sweater.
"If I can't find this yarn,
"I don't know what I'll get her!
"She's already got"A George Foreman grill
"And she's not at all handy,
"So no cordless drill!
"The tired knitter thought,
"I can't make it a vest!
"It's got raglan sleeves!
"Good gosh, I feel stressed!
"Why didn't I get extra!
"I only need one!
"Oh, if only I'd bought more
"Before I'd begun!"
The knitter went in
The last store in the book,
A quaint little shop,
But at least worth a look.
When, what to his wondering eyes should appear,
But a wall full of Encore
From the front to the rear!
They had pumpkin and eggplant,
Chartreuse and raspberry,
Pink, white, green, and purple,
Brown, rust, and cranberry.
From the very top shelf,
To the bottom display,
He saw every color
From coal black to dark grey.
He let out a gasp.
He leapt forward with glee
And he searched for the red yarn
Until he could see
Tucked down in the back
In one last little spot
A skein of red Encore
In the exact same dyelot.
It was the last skein
That they had on the shelf
And he laughed when he saw it
In spite of himself.
He shouted for joy.
His delight knew no bounds
And soon his small house
Was alive with the sounds
Of his needles a' clickin'
As he finished his work,
Sewed, blocked, and wrapped it
Then turned with a jerk
And finding a pen,
And a tag and a bow,
He thoughtfully fingered
His beard, white as snow.
Then, taking the pen,He wrote, "Hugs & Kisses!
Merry Christmas from Santa
To my dear little missus!"

Copyright 1999 by Janine Tinklenberg. Permission is granted to knittingguilds to reprint this in their newsletters as long as I get a copy and am properly attributed.

1 Comments:

Blogger samiha.qureshi@gmail.com said...

Very, very cute!! I'd like to share it! My mom will like this one! Thank you for sharing your knitting poetry!

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