Join AddisonJames Knits and Furls Crochet for their April 2020 Knit-a-Long. This month we are making a gorgeous tapestry wall hanging, the Laomai Knit Tapestry. See below for details and schedule.

DESCRIPTION
My focus has shifted in a soul-shaking way the past few weeks--a way in which I don’t think I will ever return to the person I was a month ago. For the past four weeks, the city of Baltimore, like the rest of the world, has dealt with a global pandemic that has reached it’s darkness into my life in a very real way. I am a mom, a wife, and a maker—but I am also a medical professional. It has been both devastating and incredibly inspiring to see my coworkers and peers soldier on through this frightening time, dealing with multiple personal crises while focusing on our patients and treatment of the CoVID-19 pandemic.

Through all this, I have been pouring my heartache for my medical professional cohorts, my worry for my neighbor who lost his job three weeks ago, my fear for my daughter who has respiratory issues, and the creeping terror that I may bring this horrible virus home to my family every night into a design for Furls , who graciously sent me the most beautiful yarn to work with.

My gift to all of you--my friends, my people, my encouragement and support-- is a Knit-A-Long for the month of April through the Furls Fiber Arts website. The Laomai Tapestry is worked in sections- as I processedfeelings of fear, worry, exhaustion, and a soaring love for my fellow humans- that involves simple but beautiful knitting techniques like lace work and mosaic knitting to expand your stitching knowledge and occupy your mind. Laomai is a Greek word meaning “to heal, cure, restore; to bring safely through.” I will pray this word over us all as we stitch #AloneTogether.

I hope you’ll join me. I hope you will find a moment of peace, or joy in the stitchwork, or even just a minute to sit down with this project. My love to each and every one of you!

SUPPLIES

Yarn
Furls Whims Merino Worsted (100g / 3.5 oz, 94 yds / 86 m): one skein each in Mustard, White and Charcoal

Materials
US Size 9/5.5 mm circular knitting needles
Yarn needle
Scissors
Dowel rod or long, thin branch to attach wall hanging (My stick was approximately 25” long)

PATTERN DETAILS

Notes

• Gauge is not essential for this wall hanging.

Finished size after blocking
24” long X 15” wide

KAL SCHEDULE

PART ONE
Coming Thursday, April 9th

PART TWO
Coming Thursday, April 16th

PART THREE
Coming Thursday, April 23rd