Monday, March 31, 2008
I have NO 'have to do' projects on the needles right now!
So I am just playing around with yarn.
Made this pair of mittens with some tapestry wool.
This big bull frog was out getting warmed up the other day.
The only thing that counts is
faith expressing itself through love.
Gal. 5:6
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Signs of spring!
A garter snake is out enjoying the sunshine!
Mitered Square afghan for the local elementary school fund raiser.
Details: RedHeart WW yarn in Windsor Blue with varigated stripes.
CO 160 for each side on #11
Finished size: 55 " square.
Nobody should seek his own good,
but the good of others.
1 Cor. 10:24
Saturday, March 29, 2008
I received these squares yesterday.
THANK YOU, MILLIE!!
Each granny square is beautifully crocheted, then backed with felt!
They will be put together with other donated squares for an afghan.
Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts,
the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
So you are no longer a slave, but a son;
and since you are a son, God as made you also an heir.
Gal. 4:6-7
Friday, March 28, 2008
Blooming flowers in the house.
Carrot cake for my Honey!
I do not set aside the grace of God,
for if righteousness could be gained through the law,
Christ died for nothing!
Gal. 2:21
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Here is a current update on the afghan for the school fund raiser.
LOL! I think it is going to be larger than I had intended!
It just keeps growing!!! LOLOL!!
AuSable River, MI
Oct. 2007
As for those who seem to be important-
whatever they were makes no difference to me;
God does not judge by the external appearance.
Gal. 2:6
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Just look at this fabulously wonderful yarn that I received yesterday!!
THANK YOU, AMY!!
I plan to let it sit here beside me for a few days so it can talk to me and let me know what it wants to be!!
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....
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Cor. 12:9-10
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
From top left: loomed hat, carrot cake,
oatmeal, birthday cake.
LOL!
A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct,
but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
Prov. 10:23
Monday, March 24, 2008
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved,
but the one whom the Lord commends.
2 Cor. 10:18
Sunday, March 23, 2008
WE HAVE COLOR!!!
Look what greeted me this morning!!
Friday night we had several inches of snow, but yesterday the temps got to the mid 30's which is all these little guys must have needed!!
Last night's sunset.
"Red sky at night,
Sailor's delight!"
Needed a break from the afghan last night
so I jumped on the bike for just a little bit!
"He is not here;
He has risen,
just as He said.
Come and see the the place where he lay.
Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He is risen from the dead!'
Matt. 28:6-7
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Welcome to Easter Wonderland!
This is what we woke up to this morning!
Godly sorrow brings repentance
that leads to salvation and leaves no regret,
but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Cor. 7:10
Friday, March 21, 2008
Last night's beautiful sunset.
This morning's sunrise.
"Red sky in morning,
Sailor's take warning..."
Yep, there's a snow storm on it's way!
My newest project.
This is just a simple mitered square. It should end up being about 48". Worked in Red Heart Windsor blue with a few stripes of varigated thrown in. On #11's.
The teacher who helped me launch my charity work asked if I would make an afghan for the schools silent auction. Of course I said "yes!".
This fund raiser is closer to my hear than most. This will be raising money to send the 5th graders to camp. I know that when my kids were that age, I was a single, working mom and there is no way I could have afforded the cost to send them with the help of the PTO. So I am happy to help out other parents.
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts.
1 Cor. 14:1
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Child's raglan style sweater.
Remember this:
whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Each man should give what he has declared in his heart to give,
not relunctantly or under compulsion,
for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Cor. 9:6-7
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
DONE!!!
This 'little' kitchen items project is
FINISHED!!
Yayyyy!!! Yipppy!! Woohoo!!
(doing happy dance here!!)
God is able to make all grace abound to you,
so that in all things at all times,
having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
2 Cor. 9:8
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Walked around the house yesterday with the camera!
I am so ready for spring!
Houseplants just aren't the same as outside plants!
If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare His own Son,
but gave Him up for us all-how will He not also,
along with Him,
graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:31
Monday, March 17, 2008
This morning's sunrise.
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.
He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us,
and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit,
guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Cor. 1:21:22
Sunday, March 16, 2008
He died for all,
that those who live should no longer live for themselves
but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
2 Cor. 5:15
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Not much progress made yesterday.
I was busy......
...playing with Baby Girl!!!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Cor. 5:17
Friday, March 14, 2008
This newest towel project will be my
current WIP for a few days.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay
to show that this all-surpassing power
is from God and not from us.
2 Cor. 4:7
Thursday, March 13, 2008
This set of 12 pair of mittens is finished and will be delivered this morning.
I had so much fun making these, that this morning I am feeling kind of let down that they are done. I could make up a bunch more and have them ready for next fall. But I really do have some other projects that are waiting for me.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Cor. 4:18
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him.
Exodus 15:2
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I am really having alot of fun making up these mittens!
"Do not be afraid.
Stand firm
and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today....
The Lord will fight for you;
you need only to be still"
Exodus 14:13-14
Monday, March 10, 2008
And more mittens.
PS. I seem to be only able to post one picture at a time this morning.
The local social services office let me know that they are running low on their mitten supply so I have been busy over the weekend trying to get some done for them.
The Lord detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales do not please Him.
Prov. 20:23
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Some requested kitchen items.
In his heart a man plans his course,
but the Lord determines his steps.
Prov. 16:9
Friday, March 07, 2008
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
2 Cor. 1:3-4
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Looking at summer time flowers, while waiting for spring!
For by now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
But I have raised you up for this very purpose,
that I might show you My power
and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
Ex. 9:5-6
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
And we have more snow.
Child's sweater for charity.
For God is not a God of disorder,
but of peace.
1 Cor. 14:33
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. 15:56-57
Monday, March 03, 2008
Petunia's that I have blooming in the house!
Now these three remain:
faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is
LOVE.
1 Cor. 13:13
Sunday, March 02, 2008
10 sets of towel toppers are done!
Some of these will be going to my nephews school for a fund raiser,
and some of them will be going to my SIL.
Here is the pattern that I used.
http://www.christinascrochethaven.com/dress_towel_topper.htm
All a man's way seem innocent to him,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Prov. 16:2
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Current WIP's:
This is what I am currently working on in between finishing up the towel toppers and working on hats! And, yes, I do still have 2 afghans on the needles that should probably be put in the UFO catagory! But I do pull them out and give them a bit of TLC every now and again!
This is what I am currently working on in between finishing up the towel toppers and working on hats! And, yes, I do still have 2 afghans on the needles that should probably be put in the UFO catagory! But I do pull them out and give them a bit of TLC every now and again!
Using the All-over cable Spa Cloth stitch pattern from the current issue of Creative Knitting, I am making a scarf.
I found this pattern in a box of things that I had picked up a garage sale last summer.
I've been looking for a Raglan style sweater pattern that will be as versitile as the T-top sweater pattern that I've been using for the last couple of years for my charity sweaters. This may be it! The pattern is written to include sizes from small juniors to large adults!
So I had to try it out! I am ready to start the sleeves and so far I am really liking it!!
Many are the plans in a man's heart,
but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
Prov. 19:21
