Making one of my wishes come true.

Today i just went out and bought all the stuff i will need to learn how to knit.

I decided on making a prayer shawl for my first project. We shall see how I do. I will try and document my progress as i go. This is a picture of all the stuff i just bought.

A prayer shawl is something that one actually prays over before, during and after the knitting process. When the recipient receives the shawl and wears it they are surrounded in prayer.

When choosing the color for a shawl i found that each color actually has a meaning.


Color and Meaning

Red - Energy, strength, power, determination, love , courage

Pink - Joy, friendship, femininity

Brown - Stability, masculinity

Orange - Happiness, success, encouragement, endurance

Gold - Illumination, wisdom

Yellow - Cheerfulness, energy, joy, confidence

Green - Healing, harmony, safety, hope, protection, peace

Blue - Stability, trust, loyalty, faith, truth, tranquility

Purple - Wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery

White - Goodness, purity, innocence, faith, safety, light

The color I chose for my first project is plum. (Purple)

My Shawl is going to be for a close friend of mine who is dealing with a lot of confusion, and change in her life right now. Her husband has been put in a home and has Alzheimer's. He is in the end stages.

She needs the wisdom to deal with this situation, and is needing to learn how to live on her own independently after many years of being married. That is why I chose the color purple for my prayer shawl.

I had a hard time choosing between red or purple, but since she is partial to purple it was a deciding factor. Hopefully it will be a shawl of not only warmth and comfort for her, but one of love and hope.