द पोयम से स्वेटर के लिए स्टीम ऑफ रीजन हस नॉट लॉस्ट इट्स वे इनटू थे ड्रिरी डिजर्ट सैंड आफ डेड हैबिट्स व्हाट इज द लॉस्ट इन थिस लाइन ऑफ द पोयम एक्सप्लेन in English
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My mother taught me to knit.
Casting on:
She was self-taught, reflecting pictures into mirrors
form a slip knot one metre from yarn’s end
translating dominant into left-handed gestures.
place the slip knot on a needle and hold the needle in the right hand
with the yarn over your first finger
She taught me to fear my emotions;
wind the loose end of the yarn around the left thumb from front to back
to hook my desires to the domestic
weave the needle through the newly formed stitch
to the financial
repeat to the desired number of stitches
if need be, to books.
My mother taught me to knit row after row of garter stitch
Row one: knit
sanctioning the creation of endless scarves with varying sizes of needles in varying colours
Row two: knit
sky blue and purple combinations
Row one: knit
awkwardly showing her backward right-handed daughter
Row two: knit
the slow travel of yarn across smooth metal.
Row one: knit
She taught me to lie;
Row two: knit
to speak partial truths when I knew my answer would offend
Row one: knit
when she was too reticent to voice her true question.
Row two: knit
When I tired of garter stitch
Row one: knit
envying her more accomplished patterns
Row two: knit
I asked her to teach me to purl
Row one: knit
she said, “no, keep knitting, keep practicing”
Row two: knit
I stopped knitting, bored.