Spring a Connection
Hedgehog, Chicks and a Rabbit It must be Spring, now that the chicks are hatching, or rather unstitching from the needles. It's a time of new birth, possibly of new...
Our hearts grieve
We met again as a group of dispersed members of the Strathclyde Methodist Church, to be as one, to reflect on the news coming from Ukraine. For those families in...
Knit & Knatter Newsletter #5
Every two months we stitch together some thoughts, interwoven with our passions, to create a newsletter entitled Purl in the Field. That title comes from the knitting together of two...
The Wonder in Giving and Receiving
Do we love receiving gifts on our birthday or at Christmas? It's lovely to receive something that someone else has chosen just for us. So what drives us to give...
Where do we put the egg?
It's that time again when we brush away the cobwebs collected upon the Christmas Tree and have put it away for another year. We can feel the warmth of Spring...
Purl in the Field December 2021
Here is the latest Strathclyde Methodist Circuit's Knit & Knatter newsletter for December 2021, just in time for Christmas! https://issuu.com/deaconbobstoner/docs/knit_knatter_newsletter3
Too much inconvenience!
No this isn't another yarn or an attempt to needle you into contemplating something different. We have been talking about today's "Question of the Fortnight" and whether it is all...
Angelic Purls
Our focus to offer Angels at a service near to Christmas to those who have struggled with the loss of a loved one during the Pandemic continues. Angels are now...
Purling to the future
We have achieved much in our 8-9 months of Knit & Knatter. We have sought to bring people together from across Strathclyde and even the far flung corners of Yorkshire!...
Out of Kilter
It's an interesting phrase as 'Out of Kilter' means a variant of an older English dialect word 'kelter', which means 'good health; good condition'. Is that how we might feel...
Holidays – when is the next one?
It was lovely to welcome back so many people to the Knit & Knatter meeting this morning. Often the focus can be upon the knitting or sewing but the nattering...
What do we need this Summer?
The Knit & Knatter group met again this morning: to share what they have been doing and chatting about all and sundry. Some had been on their holidays, including the...