Wrapping up the week!

What a fast week! I can say it was just about a good balance of everything. I went to knitting group again and had alot of fun. I brought this project with me to work on. It's a giftie. (Without glasses the word giftie, looked like girafe. Oh my!) Well, it is a long scarf. I have to laugh..........

 

The ole' Feather and Fan stitch all the way to the end! I'm using Universal Yarn Batik 100% luscious soft cotton in the color Blueberry Jam.

 

I'm about half way done with this one. It's been a joy to work on it for many reasons. One because it's for a special person that means alot to me and two, I get to practice over and over the feather and fan stitch. You can find this in many variety of scarves and items on Ravelry.com

I'm surprised by how much mileage I'm getting out of this soft cotton yarn and hope the recipient likes it.

 

Other WIPS put to the side are this true red color cotton One Row Lace Scarf. You can als find this on Turvid's pattern on Ravelry.com. I made another one of these in March and April.

 

 

 

I have quite a bit of this as I got it on sale a while ago so I should have plenty of it to make a nice, soft, breathable scarf in Fourth of July color---RED!

 

 

I'm using number 8 straights needles for this one.

 

Just in the last 2 days, I've started a simple Fall burgandy red shawl. Again I had plenty of sale yarn in my stash. This is acryllic.

 

 

 

 

worked on number 11/ 32 inch circulars, Knitter's Pride Dreamz

 

 

There is more brightness in this pic than the yarn really is due to the flash but you can see the little wee bit of gray in it (appears blue with flash).

 

 

This shawl pin came from Looped in Washington, DC in March.

When I look at this yarn color, I think of Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey. She wore burgandy or dark reds quite a bit. I may even call this shawl, The Mary.

 

 

Yesterday morning, I started this Tshirt cotton, airish, lovely wrap that I can envision covering a summer tank inside the cool air-conditioned inside or even in the late evening here in the mountains during the Summer. Sensations, Boardwalk Cotton. It's 50%cotton and 50% acrylic. Feels exactly like a nice, worn t-shirt material! I'm sure this could equally be used for a tie wrap over a bathing suit bottom too.

 

I've made progress on this since yesterday and in fact hope to get done with this one in the next 2 days.

 

 

Denim and pool colors for the summer!

 

 

 

Summertime to me also means more READING!!!  I went to the library this week and checked out a few books. I have my Kindle which is forever charging as I'm reading alot with text to speech enabled while I knit.

This book, though, I pickup and read passages which puts a smile on my face. I never tire of Jane Austen. I'm lucky to have a hard copy of this one.

 

Yesterday, while stitching away, I put on text to speech mode on the Kindle and read a really good book written by Jeanne Cooper last year. Her autobiography. It is very good, alot better than I imagined. If you are like me and have stayed in tune with Y & R over the past 30-40 years at some point, please get this book on your Kindles. It's worth every page.

 

Very sad that she recently passed away and Katherine Chancellor will be no more. CBS plays all the daily episodes on their website which I catch on alot of evenings.

 

 

224 pages long. I read it in 5 hours from start to finish in one sitting. It was that good!

 

If you go to Amazon.com, you can get it for your Kindle or in whatever form you like best.

 

I think Jeanne Cooper could definitely classify as a heroine herself , in real life and REEL life.

 

The weekend. Again. Cloudy and rain off and on which really makes me lazy. Methinks I best get busy finding out what dinner will be, including some kind of dessert and I suspect it will be chocolate in nature. I'm craving that and I know Mr. Darcy will like it.

 

I'm in the process of gathering up my overdyed threads as well, to finish out model stitching the sampler Forever Hope. Pics of progress to come soon. The frame is already made and I just need to put down some knitting to get into cross stitching mode again. The designing desk is still churning sometimes when the inspiration hits. I'm hopelessly an introvert it seems. :)

But this is how I feel at peace and know and search my heart. Stitching grounds me and reminds me that I can and do contribute something to the world.

You know that feeling that God is about to do something big in your life?  I am feeling this but do not know of which direction. I seek His will only though, and trust and pray for discernment every single day in the middle of worldy chaos.  

 

Stitching helps me turn off the chaos and be receptive to what direction He wants me to take in all things.

 

 

Purl of Wisdom~~ Life can change in just one instant sometimes and then again, it requires of us to be very patient and mindful that we can be at peace knowing it's all in His hands and best to lean on Him, and not our own selves. He knows the whole design. We sometimes only see part of it.

 

Till later,

Jennier

 

North Georgia Mountains---many adventures just outside the homestead

Mr. Darcy and I had a great day off together. I feel so blessed to live in the North Georgia mountains. It's rich in history, many a junkin' store to walk through, many locals and tourists to meet and it's never but a very short drive from the homestead almost right in the back yard to see many quiet spots. 

 

God created the Earth so beautiful and to enjoy. And so on Wednesday we did just that. With an agenda, yet some serendipity on my part, for the day's adventures, Mr. Darcy and I had alot of fun, rest and relaxation, good exercise hiking and making memories, holding hands and conversation of which is always comforting.

 

Here are a few of our pics from our stop at Anna Ruby Falls which is very close to the homestead.

The Captain Nichols back in the day attended one of the churchs we go to and worship. Can you imagine him riding his horse and finding all this beauty?

 

The day was cloudy and overcast and we were just in the nick of time for no rain. But when we reached the large falls, the cool mountain mist was so refreshing peppering my face.

 

 

 

This tree we saw was growing on a huge rock. It had twisted and turned, acclimating itself, drawing water and nutrients and making roots in a rock.

 

 

Speaking of the rock.........this is my rock. :P

 

 

yes he's  Bulldog fan!

 

 

 

This water looked almost inviting for play but believe me, the water from here is cold. No matter what time of year!

 

 

Last time I went to the Falls, it was a dry season, but this time, the water was rushing and filling every gap. The sound so comforting, the mist so refreshing.

 

 

Half way up the mountain, I took a rest.

 

 

 

Those boots were a gift from Christmas and Country Outftters. They were worn specifically because all up and down he hike are signs that warn of Copperheads and rattlesnakes. Not my friends.

Mr. Darcy wanted to take pics here.

 

 

In the above pic, you can see in the distance the big Falls.

 

 

The Falls have two sides and huge. We didn't get a pic of both, wish we did but Mr Darcy did like it. This was his first time there. I've been here many times.

 

 

At the gift shop at the end, I thought this was a fox but they had it labeled as a racoon. Confused me.

 

 

Much of the streams and area are undisturbed. They do not remove trees that are fallen because they believe the natural habitat benefits all kinds of critters.

 

 

It was really the perfect temp of a day to hike here.

 

 

 

After the hike back, we went riding through the mountains and stopped to eat some really good fried chicken and veggies and dessert to fill us up!  We were hungry!

 

 

Then we roamed through a junkin/antique store which had quite the library of old books.

I got a hardback copy of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

 

 

There's just something about reading it from a hardback and not the Kindle. Plus there were pics in it randomly.

 

 

I felt the serenity of the many walks taken in the Jane Austen books after the walk with my loving husband. Now to read, on my back porch again of all the Jane Austen flair will be awesome.

 

I have started a good part of the way now on a late Summer shawl with my circular needles.

 

 

Here are the colors. 3 full skeins for a shawlette.

 

 

 

I've made a couple of dropped places but knit group is not far away and I hope someone can help me fix it!

 

Needle size# 11 Knitpics Dreamz ( LOVE)

32 in circulars

 

Following no pattern but my own simple fly- by- the- seat -of- my pants-- hope- it- looks- good approach.

 

Cross stitch designs are flittering around the desk and soon I will be offering another freebie to pay it forward for your stitchy fingers.

 

I am almost finished with a summer scarf for one mother's day project and I have one more to go so I best get busy.

 

Purl of Wisdom~~~ Thank God for the colors of nature. The palette of Spring gives us all free pleasure at taking in a fresh new approach.

 

 

Till later,

Jennifer