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

 

Spring/Summer Stitching and Such

             One, beautiful, Easter-basket green, peachy-pink and yellow peep, and egg-dying blue colors all wrapped in one skein of mercerized 100% Italian cotton. I wish I could give you the name but the label is hiding. I'll find it one day as I try to keep them.

I held on to this little skein (about 100 yards) for a while now but knew I would make something for the warmer months with it. The feel of it is like soft and shiny, with more luster, yet definitely a cotton. The width of the strand is probably a bit bigger than Perle Cotton floss but not as big as regular yarn.

I read up a little about mercerized cotton and found it to be a process in dyeing that is used to enhance the absorption of the dye more, and give the cotton a slicker finish without the "fuzz" of regular cotton yarn.

It sat in my yarn basket for enough time now, meeting and greeting all the other Wintery, thicker acryllics and wools and said goodbye this weekend as it's taking a new life to make another Lacy Keyhole Scarf. Yup, I'm guilty of making almost 4 of those now, mainly for a little gift or treat to my friends.

I finished the first part of the scarf this morning and while listening to 4 sessions of Joyce Meyer Ministries sermons online for this week, got much progress for the second part.

 I think I can.

I think I can.

 I think I can.........................am I stuttering? 

No joke, I think I will finish this up by tomorrow morning and it's looking great! The mercerized finish gives the purl ridges and lace much more definition and the color is so yummy almost.

Mr. Darcy says to me last night while I'm knitting with it, that it reminds him of Birthday Cake Ice Cream and he craves it everytime he sees it. :P  Methinks I will keep this one and wear it this Summer.

I love all the shades that are overdyed in this skein, especially the blue which is so accentuating to turquoise jewelry if worn with a bright T-shirt and jeans.

and counting my purls and knits and ridges and lace is alot easier with this counter.

And this is another fiber~~~ softest evah!  Alpaca and silk blend. In pink. Pink. PINK!!!!

I'm trying a free pattern for a different light lacy scarf on Ravelry.com.

I'm lovin' lace.

This one is on hold though until I finish the first one in pics. I'm so close to finishing it.

Gentleman.

That leads to reflections.

Exactly 2 years ago this week, I took these pics and now as I rode by the church this week, no blooms are out at all yet.  It's interesting how God's timing is different year to year but the end result is still the same promise and He never dissapoints when it comes to nature or anything that we seek in His will.

I put those in my kitchen cupboard that my dearest husband so carefully refurbished for me. For one year ago this week, we said special prayers in this church and my pictures I took of it previously, remind me of God's promises and how He certainly keeps them.

I'm sure in the next few weeks, those azaelas will bloom again as they have for years and years and will again for more years to come.

 I will again be reminded of that special week in 2012 and cherish it for the rest of my life.

Pictures.

 

Colors.

 

Scriptures.

 

Love.

 

Warm breezes.

 

Sunshine.

 

Long hugs.

 

Hand-holding.

 

Prayers.

 

Tears of joy.

 

Miracles.

 

~~~~~~~~My love is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June :

My love is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune~~~~~~~~~Robert Burns     Purl of Wisdom-----Everything blooms in it's own time.

Sunday Reflections and Hope

In This Place

In this place, I walked alone

to pray in the old, pew bench;

To pray for specific people in my life

To pray for the truth to be revealed.

God listened to my prayer that day

as He listens to all our prayers;

Sometimes His answers are not yes

Sometimes they are simply no~~~

Not now.

But in time.

You will know.

The reasons of the why and because.

But then when the right time came

the truth began to unfold

In His time and in His ways

He showed me what I needed to see.

Quite obvious, the Man in charge

of my life and my plan on Earth.

He said He didn't promise easy

He said sometimes it's a lot of work.

But He reassured me that He would be there

To protect me from all harm.

I can't ask for a better Father, friend

I can't ask for what He already knows.

Because you see,

 He knew I was coming there

That day so long ago.

He knew that I was His child

And He knew I was facing foes

He knew the plan for my life

When I was still in a little cradle.

It mattered not what friends I'd lose

It mattered not the criticisms or favors.

It only matters what God leads me

And that I continue to trust His wisdom.

That abiding in his love every day

Is a part of my daily listens.

His guidance I still ask each day

Just as in that little church alone;

He protects me, guides me, speaks to my heart

Loves me on and on.

I'm here, friend, to say to you

That His love will never falter;

If you trust in Him with all your heart

He will love you even while not at the altar.

His future plan for me includes

what, I do not know

but I only know that what I face

Will be with Him alone.

~~~~Jennifer

"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

"But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)

Have a blessed and warm, cozy Sunday,

Jennifer