Through a stretch of the imagination and purls of wisdom, I’m keeping my wits about me to knit my Work in Progress in the genre of Contemporary. I envision this yarn as a scarf that’s going to be longer than originally envisioned—when it comes down to word measurement.

Started in 2017, I think it’s safe to say I’m halfway through, but there’s no projected date of publication due to the speed at which I write, the meager 1-2 hours set aside each day to do so, and—an obsession to perfect my storytelling. I’m my own harshest critic.

As I ply my knit-wit to fabricate plausible plot-lines and compelling characters, I recall my mother teaching me how to knit when I was a youngster. She tutored me in the mechanics of wielding my needles to produce a knit stitch. The practice materialized into a scarf-in-progress. A seemingly never-ending project, attributed to my lack of enthusiasm. It had gotten so pathetic, one could see the line of demarcation where I’d left off during a previous session.

My mother always ended up repairing my dropped stitches before I’d resume. Eventually, I lost the last stitch of interest, so she finished the scarf for me. At the age of 12, I retired my needles, preferring to ply my wit knitting short stories which I typed on a pink Tom Thumb typewriter.

Then, as now—there, but for the grace of God, go I! Writing for the long haul through dedication and determination, no matter how many years it takes.

Incidentally, a 'Guinness World Record' cites the longest knitted scarf measuring 4,565.46 m (14,978 ft. 6.16 in.), achieved by Helge Johansen (Norway), in Oslo, Norway on November 12, 2013. Stretched out, the scarf spanning the entire length of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, took 30 years to materialize.

Now, that’s a wrap!

I daresay, I’ll finish wit-knitting my yarn in less than 30 years!

*How long have you been crafting your latest masterpiece?