05
Dec
I recently hosted a party for my Knitting Bible Study (the study will be made available for download after the first of the year). As a guest gift and table decoration, each place setting had knitting basket ornament. It was fun and easy to make and the ladies were excited to receive it.
A simple [...]
03
Dec
A recent post by Amy Clarke Moore at Knitting Daily commented on a cardigan she has been working on for 10 years. This prompted me to pull out my “way too long in process” project.
Meet my grandparents. In January 1999 they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. I took a picture of them and had [...]
19
Oct
I was reminded when I saw the knitting journal created and posted by Kathryn Ivy that several years I created a similar journal to keep records of my many teddy bears.
Now that I have started knitting some teddy bears I find I need to update my notebook. So, for your personal pleasure (not to [...]
30
Sep
I wanted a teddy bear to use as a mascot for this weblog so I went through all kinds of patterns. I decided upon one that was featured in Prima Magazine January 2005 and posted on their website.
The problem is I don’t care for the knitted stitch as the bear body. I knitted a [...]
26
Sep
I recently posted about the first meeting of a Knitting Bible Study I hosted. I received some emails asking for details of the study. Here is my copy of the first semester. In this semester you will teach Cast On (I taught long tail for this lesson), Knit, Purl, Decrease, and Increase (yarn over and [...]
13
Sep
Have you read the story of the creation of the earth and of man? Read Genesis 1 and Genesis 2:7. God SPOKE the world into existence. He SPOKE and created the heavens, the earth, the skies, the water but he CREATED man. He reached down and formed man and blew the breath of life into [...]
07
Sep
I am doing some decluttering of my craft items. An endless task, I know, but I have found several photo albums I started where I had taken pictures of many of the items I made.
I found an interesting item online today: A Knitting Journal. Created and offered as a free pdf download by Kathryn Ivy, [...]
06
Sep
I just got back from leading the first session of a Knitting Bible Study. The first question everyone asks is “how do you combine knitting and bible study?” . We started tonight with a study of the creation. When God made the earth, the sky, the animals, and the plants he spoke them into existence. “God [...]
31
Aug
and I don’t mean your iPod. I just found this apple jacket, not for your iPod, but for your snack time fruit. It is available for sale to keep your apple safe and cozy in the lunch box. It is hand knit.and offered in several places including Etsy, Outblush, Rose and Radish, and Kaboodle. It is offered by [...]
24
Aug
I told you about taking my daughter’s wedding gown and making a christening gown out of it for her daughter. We live on opposite ends of the state so when I made the dress it was without benefit of a model.
We met up this week and tried the dress on. It looked nice but had [...]