Maison Depoivre in PEC, Advent Knit-Along at MHP, and Episode 113 of The Knitting Pilgrim Talks

Hello, Friends!

This past week Claire and I took a mini-vacay, visiting with friends on Amherst Island and Prince Edward County. On the way back, we stopped in at the Maison Depoivre Gallery, just outside of Picton on the former Base 31 — a pilot training facility for the Allies in WWII. We took in the excellent exhibition Positive Masculinity, to which our friend Christopher Walker of CabinBoy Knits fame contributed a knitted piece. Fantastic show. I recommend it.

Claire took the fabulous photo above of me just outside the gallery. I love the blue sky, the wrap-around red and green of the building’s roof and walls and the punctuation of my seasonal sweater. “I meant to do that,” said Claire.

Advent Knit-ALONG at Morningside-High Park

The small piece I’m working on is a Christmas tree pennant for a knit-along we’ll be having following the services at Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church (4 Morningside Avenue, Toronto) every Sunday until Christmas, starting Nov 26. You (and everyone else) are invited to stop by, have a tea or coffee, and muck about with some knitting needles. In addition to the above mentioned pennants, we’ll be working on tree garlands, hats and mittens for our mitten tree, and patterns for preemies to donate to neonatal care units. There is something for all knitters, beginners to experts. Join us.

the knitting pilgrim talks

We continue to release new episodes of The Knitting Pilgrim Talks, which explore the imagery of the Stitched Glass tapestries in conversation with faith leaders.

Episode 113: the tetragrammaton

The Tetragrammaton

In Episode 113 of The Knitting Pilgrim Talks, we look at the central image of the Judaic tapestry which features The Tetragrammaton (the four-letter Hebrew name for God) which has been superimposed over a representation of the Talmud. Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg of Temple Israel in Ottawa takes me through the background of the Ineffable Name, and introduces me to the Talmud, a text created by ancient Rabbis to provide a path of how to live Jewishly in a non-Jewish world.

"When Moses asks God 'What is your name?' God replies 'I will be what I will be' – a reminder that God can be so much." - Rabbi Daniel MIkelberg

Episode 113 is available on YouTube here: KPT 113 The Tetragrammaton

Or all of the podcast places, like KPT on Spotify, if you’d rather listen than watch.