A blessing to my mind (pause for a moment) to be free to enter this time of contemplative activity ...
A blessing to my hands (pause for a moment) to be the source of creating something of beauty and love ...
A blessing to my soul (pause for a moment) to be open to the promptings of prayer and reflection ...
A blessing to my yarn (pause for a moment) to be shaped into patterns of love and caring ...
A blessing to my needles (pause for a moment) to be the holders of stitches as they become a whole garment ...
A blessing to my knitting (pause for a moment) to be a work of heart and hands, body and spirit ...
A blessing on the one who passed this ancient art to me ...
A blessing on the one who will receive the fruit of my prayer and my knitting ...
May this shawl be welcomed in the spirit in which it was knit ...
May we become one with the One who knitted each of us in our mother's womb.
We join our blessing, our prayer, and our knitting with women and men all over the earth in this common effort to bring healing and wholeness, comfort and celebration.
Amen.

Cathleen Murtha in Knitting into the Mystery by Susan S. Jorgensen, Susan S. Izard