My Christmas cactus is blooming again!

 

 

crocheted hat. 

The world and its desires pass away,

but the man who does

the will of God lives forever.

1 John 2:17

 

There are still leaves on the apple tree. 

 

crocheted hat. 

There is no fear in love.

But perfect love drives out fear,

because fear has to do with punishment.

The man who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:18

 

Today, I am thankful for a 'rain day'!

 

The next 'square sweater'.

T-top style child's sweater constructed with 

previously crocheted squares.

This one has a crocheted yoke/sleeves. 

This is the assurance we have in approaching God: 

that if we ask anything according to His will, 

He hears us.

 And if we know that He hears us- 

whatever we ask- 

we know that we have what we asked of Him.

1 John 5:14-15

 

It is December and we have green things growing in the garden! 

 

New-to-us breakfast treat!:

Old-fashioned oatmeal cooked with 

grape kool-aid instead of water,

then a dollop of  crunchy peanut butter added!

 

Child's crocheted sweater.

A few years ago, a dear friend gave me a box of 

crocheted squares. 

She had made the squares with the plans 

of giving them to an organization and

having them put together into afghans. 

She changed her mind and gave them to me instead. 

These squares have never told me that they wanted to be blankets.

They wanted to be sweaters!

And they wanted to be sweaters NOW! 

So I am putting them together in a basic T-top style.

This one is crocheted around the bottom

and crocheted yoke/sleeve with some shell stitches mixed in. 

This is love for God:

to obey His commands.

And His commands are not burdensome,

for everyone born of God overcomes the world.

1 John 5:3

 

Flowers blooming in the house!

This is some sort of vine that DD took in the house for the

winter a year ago and then gave to me. This is the 

first time it has bloomed! 

 

 

Baking cookies and 

mixing up laundry soap this morning. 

 

Knit lace scarf for DGD.

Pattern: Rabbit  Tracks 

by Alyson Hyde

Yarn: Paton's Lace in

Patina colorway. 

This is love:

not that we loved God,

but that He loved us and sent His Son 

as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Dear friends, 

since God so loved us,

we also ought to love one another. 

1 John 4:10-11

 

I think we have a Sparrow Tree!

 

crocheted hat. 

This is how we know what love is:

Jesus Christ laid down His life for us.

And we ought to lay down our lives 

for our brothers.

1 John 3:16

 

early morning fog. 

 

 

Child's knit sweater.

Basic T-top style.

Yarn: Mary Maxim Starlette

in Dark Willow

Stitch pattern: from Outdoor Sweater

(worked in the round. 

Then He said to them,

"Watch out!

Be on your guard against all kinds of greed;

a man's life does not consist

 in the abundance of his possessions."

Luke 12:15

 

'Tree Money"!!!

 

crocheted hat. 

Live as free men, 

but do not use your freedom

 as a cover up for evil;

live as servants of God.

1 Peter 2:16

 

Saturday morning baking!

Cream-of-wheat and strawberry muffins!

 

crocheted hat. 

Be self-controlled and alert.

Your enemy the devil 

prowls around like a roaring lion 

looking for someone to devour.

 Resist him,

standing firm in the faith.

1 Peter 5:8-9

 

Goldfinch

watching us have breakfast!

 

crocheted hat. 

All of you, live in harmony with one another;

be sympathetic, love as brothers, 

be compassionate and humble.

1 Peter 3:8

 

End of the season sunflowers. 

 

crocheted hat. 

His divine power has given us everything we need 

for life and godliness

 through our knowledge of Him 

who called us by His own glory and goodness. 

Through these He has given us

 His very great and precious promises,

 so that through them 

you may participate in the divine nature

 and escape the corruption in the world 

caused by evil desires.

2 Peter 1:3-4

 

Money Plant

flowering in the spring. 

 

Knit sweater.

Basic T-top style. 

#5 needles. 

Body is worked in: 

rows1-4: K2,P2

rows 5-8: P2, K2

The darker color is 

Village Yarn Cloudsoft in Teal

The lighter color is 

Patons Beehive Baby Sport in Sleepy Sea

Each one should use whatever gift 

he has received to serve others,

faithfully administering God's 

grace in its various forms.

1 Peter 4:10

 

part of a very lovely bouquet 

from a few weeks ago. 

 

 

crocheted hat.

For Christ died for sins once for all,

the righteous for the unrighteous,

to bring you to God. 

1 Peter 3:18

 

HAPPY MONDAY!

Life is good.

God is GREAT!

Thanking Him for all His blessings. 

 

Child's knit top-down raglan sweater.

Universal Yarn.

Classic Worsted Impressions for the yoke.

Classic Worsted for the body and sleeves.

Once you were not a people, 

but now you are the people of God;

once you had not received mercy,

but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 2:10

 

the low, gray clouds of November. 

 

crocheted hat. 

For God, who said,

 'Let light shine out of darkness," 

made His light shine in our hearts

 to give us the light of the knowledge

 of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

2 Cor. 4:6

 

What I did yesterday:

play with DGD, knit, try to watch some tv!

Today I hope to do the same! 

 

crocheted hat. 

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him;

and even though you do not see Him now,

you believe in Him 

and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

for you are recieving the goal of your faith,

the salvation of your souls.

1 Peter 1:8-9

 

angels hanging in our front window. 

 

 

crocheted hat. 

Since you call on a Father

 who judges each man's work impartially,

live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.

1 Peter 1:17 

 

More of my favorite colors!

 

crocheted hat. 

Give THANKS to the Lord,

for He is good;

His love endures forever. 

Ps. 107:1

 

Thought we would be fighting the crowds at the grocery

store this morning. We were too early. 

 

Crocheted child's T-top sweater. 

Universal Yarn Classic Worsted Impressions

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In His great mercy He has given us new birth

 into a living hope

 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ 

from the dead. 

1 Peter 1:3

 

Making a grocery list....

 

and doing some cleaning

in preparations for the big day!

 

 

I was so thrilled to see the postman had left a 

package for me the other day! 

Inside were these beautifully handmade hats!

THANK YOU, ALYCIA for 

thinking of me! I will be sure that they

get to where they are needed!

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power;

the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.

Nahum 1:3