Final Note

The final note - pun intended - on my Waterloo Fairisle came from two of my readers.

Laurie of Needles & Things sent me this rendition of Waterloo. She's right. It is a sticker. I don't recall having heard of Stonewall Jackson, but this you tube rendition of Waterloo had me searching I-tunes for more. Thanks, Laurie.

Then Sandra of Curlerchik sent me these lyrics. This song was also unknown to me, but I would bet, written by knitters. Who else could have such intuition into pushing on, uphill battles and keeping the faith? Thanks, Sandra.


The Climb lyrics
Songwriters: Alexander, J; Mabe, J;
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

Now, doesn't that describe most of my knitting projects' road to completion! Music and knitting. They seem to have a lot in common.

Edited to add - Well, it seems I really screwed up. The you tube came not from Needles & Things, but from Laurie of The Art of Tying Holes Together.
and it was Laurie M, not Sandra, who sent me the lyrics to The Climb. My apologies. I don't know what happened to that search. I was writing the post too late last night for a delayed morning publication. That's my only excuse. Again, my apologies.