Hookers on the Final Edge ...The Coronavirus CAL

HOOKERS ON THE FINAL EDGE  

Round 4

Ch3, * work 1 dc in the next 2-ch-sp, chain 2, repeat from * to end , working 1 dc 2ch 1dc in each corner space.  

Round  5

Repeat Round 4

Round 6 

Join yarn in any ch2-sp, ch2, now work 1 htr in every ch-sp and 1 htr in every dc, working 1 htr2ch1htr in every corner space.

 That's it! Time to weave in those last ends,  lay it out and admire your blanket. Take it outside and photograph it in the daylight. Stretch out those wobbly edges...not so wobbly now are they? I am incredibly proud of this blanket. Every single section means something to me, my family or my friends and all that we have been going through in lockdown. I have tried to keep it positive whilst recognising that for many,  many people this has been a time of stress never experienced before in most of our lifetimes. 

I'm sure many of you will have come across this beautiful piece of writing over the last few months. I wanted to finish off this CAL by sharing it again as it really does say everything that I have been feeling while stuck at home. Let's just hope that some of the positive really does happen.

And the people stayed at home

And read books

And listened

And rested

And did exercises

And made art and played

And learned new ways of being

And were still.

Some meditated, some prayed

Some met their shadow

And people began to think differently 

And people healed.

And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, 

Dangerous, meaningless and heartless ways

The Earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed 

and the people joined together again

They grieved their losses

And made new choices

And dreamed new images

And created new ways to live and heal the Earth fully, 

Just as they had been healed.

This has been shared all over the internet as having been written by Kathleen O'Mara in 1869 and re-printed during the Spanish Flu of 1919. However, it is actually a modern poem written by Irish American Kitty O'Meara in March 2020. She turned to writing to in an effort to curb her own anxiety about the Covid19 Pandemic. Nevertheless, its sentiment and message are just as profound as if it had been written over 100 years ago.

But for now, let's enjoy our CORONAVIRUS CALs!

The Coronavirus Lockdown CAL  
 MARCH - MAY 2020