There’s something deeply relatable about penguins, don’t you think? They huddle together for warmth, they’re fiercely loyal to their people, they waddle through life with complete dignity, and they never apologize for who they are. Sound familiar?
We knitters huddle too … at knitting groups, in yarn shops, in online communities at midnight when someone needs help with a pattern … and we show up for each other. With yarn. And opinions about gauge, and yarn, and blocking. Mostly opinions about yarn, you yarn snobs!
But I digress … just like penguins, we keep going. Through the frogging and the tangled yarn and the WIPs that have been “almost finished” since 2019. Through the gauge swatch we didn’t make and the black yarn we absolutely cannot see and the stash that keeps expanding to closets, under beds, in baskets … so many baskets. And we keep going. Because that’s what we do.
These affirmation cards for knitters were made for the huddle. For the knitter who frogs without shame, buys yarn without apology, and shows up to cast on even when the pattern is terrifying.
The frogging is the craft. The stash is the legacy. The WIPs are older than some friendships and they’re waiting patiently. They know we’ll get to them. Eventually. Probably. Maybe?
Knitting doesn’t ask you to be perfect. It just asks you to show up. And if you need a little reminder of that from time to time, these affirmation cards were made for you. Featuring twelve adorable penguins who get it completely.
