Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Steek It!

Last night while writing I was in a goofy mood, and the following song parody was the result (with apologies to Michael Jackson-no wait, I take that back). For anyone who's tried a creative endeavor that has scared them silly I present "Steek It".
(By the way, for those of you who don't know-steeking is a knitting technique where upon completion of a project you cut it, to achieve a result that you couldn't get any other way. It's a pretty bold and scary thing to do to a project that you've spent hours slaving over.)

You never thought that you would come up to here,
This knitting's not so hard-time to face your worst fear.
The fire's in your eyes and the pattern is clear
So steek it, just steek it.

You faced intarsia and the fair isle too,
You knit up lace and the stitches they flew-
You even managed cables, you did it it's true
So steek it, but the knitting looks bad

Just steek it, steek it, steek it, steek it,
You know that you can defeat it!
Show them your funky craft is alright,
Just keep on tryin', you'll get it right
Just steek it, steek it
Just steek it, steek it.
Just steek it, steek it
Just steek it, steek it.

Ten inches in you find you really hate blue,
Yet so far along, what could you do?
Keep the project alive, just keep knitting through
For steek it, you'll steek it.

The pattern's out to get you, you're tearing your hair,
You fix that darn dropped stitch it really ain't fair.
Now get those scissors, it's time that you dare
And steek it, and it don't look too bad

Just steek it, steek it, steek it, steek it,
You know that you can defeat it!
Show them your funky craft is alright,
Just keep on cuttin', you'll be alright

It's steek it, steek it, steek it, steek it,
You know that you did defeat it!
Show them your funky craft is alright,
You kept on tryin' and got it right
You steeked it, steeked it,
You steeked it, steeked it,
You steeked it, you steeked it,
You steeked it!

3 comments:

reddy said...

I want you to feel silly while writing all the time. Then you can rewrite all my favourite songs.

Jaima said...

Ha! That's great. Can you post a picture of the project you steeked? I'm very curious.

Nora said...

This is hilarious! Love it! I'm a bit of knitter myself but I've never steeked anything. You've inspired me to give it a shot :)