High Tea Verses Low Tea December 16th, 2024 341 words

When I was a young child, my Mom would surprise me by bringing tea and snacks to the picnic table. Items included a small copper tea pot, two expresso cups and doll dishes with cereal pieces. We would sit and drink Luke warm tea and eat cheerios. It was not the food and drink but a chance to spend a few minutes with my mother.
Tea sharing has always been social for me.
We started out as a bible study group. wanting to do more, we formed a smaller group of knitters that knitted for charity throughout the year. This group knitted rectangles to edge and sew together to make security blankets for children. We meet every other week to gather at a host’s home, have coffee and a snack and socialize, while knitting on a project. On my own, I have produced several dozen knitted felted animals to donate to charity.
So what has this to do with Christmas tea?
One of the women has a large home and enjoys baking traditional foods served at high tea.
So once a year, Pam hosts a Christmas tea for our group. So for many years, we discard our needles and take up the fork and spoon for this special treat.
This year, I wrote down the incorrect time for the tea.
Pam messaged ,”Where are you?”
“Home ,tea is at two”
” It is at one”
” Be there in 10 “
I came with apologies and poetry books, one for each lady.
Some of our projects are smaller and more simple but after 20 years we can multitask.
So we tell stories as knitting pieces lengthen and form useable items.
I call our group the knit Wits.
** an acrostic poem

Knit Wits
Knitting needles in hand we cast on.
Nonstop conversation hums.
I. smile feeling each lady’s project.
Time flies as knitting lengthens.
We gather in December for Christmas tea.
It is a special time to share.
Twenty years of friendship binds us.
Such events build fond memories.
carolaspot@aol.com 12/16/24 copyrighted