Spiritual stitching

[pandasheart]

"When the needle points to the sky, you are pulling in the energy of Spirit. When it returns to the cloth, you are bringing that energy down into the project. When the needle points down to the earth, you are drawing in earth energy (extremely powerful when you wish to manifest things on this plane). When it comes back up through the cloth, you are bringing that energy into the project. Likewise, when knitting, your needles are working with sky energy, but your yarn is a representation of earth energy – together, just as in stitching cross-stitch or needlepoint, you are creating balance in the work.”

From HedgeWitch: Spells, Crafts, and Rituals for Natural Magick by Silver Ravenwolf