27 December, 2009
24 December, 2009
Glory
Light of the world!
Glory to the newborn King
The Everlasting Lord
The incarnate Deity
Jesus our Immanuel (God with us)
the Prince of Peace
the Sun of Righteousness
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise the sons of earth;
Born to give them second birth.
~ from: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," Charles Wesley ~
In the same region there were shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.
And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased."
When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, "Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us."
So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger. When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child. And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.
Luke 2:8-20
21 December, 2009
betcha can't knit just one
There's just something about Estonian Lace.
Nancy Bush has compiled some extraordinarily beautiful patterns in her book Knitted Lace of Estonia, and I want to knit them all!
With theTriinu Scarf I used US 6 needles, a heavy fingering weight alpaca and went with the 5-stitch nupps.
With theLily of the Valley Scarf I stayed with the 5-stitch nupps, went down a needle size to US 5 and fingering weight Seasilk.
Now, with Madli's Shawl, I'm at a US 4 (Lantern Moon straights), laceweight yarn (merino/silk) and 7-stitch nupp:
Nancy Bush has compiled some extraordinarily beautiful patterns in her book Knitted Lace of Estonia, and I want to knit them all!
With the
With the
Now, with Madli's Shawl, I'm at a US 4 (Lantern Moon straights), laceweight yarn (merino/silk) and 7-stitch nupp:
This will take quite sometime to finish. Recently, knitting has more become process-oriented. Perhaps that's the influence of spinning? Slows you right down and relaxes you into the moment.
18 December, 2009
shabby scarf
The various yarns are: ribbon, curly bulky wool, mohair, super bulky chenille, loopy boucle mohair, cotton/rayon bulky boucle, worsted wool and eyelash chenille. Yep. "Art" yarn. Handpainted in the "avalon" and "honeysuckle" colorways by Katsara yarns.
This scarf is wider than the ones I saw: with a cast on of 16 stitches, knit on US 9 straights in simple garter, ends left unwoven. Then, thinking something more was needed, I grabbed my bead box and started randomly stringing on beads.
A quick, fun knit!
15 December, 2009
The New World Order
I think I need a bumper sticker that reads: "I'd Rather Be Knitting." Still, it's refreshing opening a closet door and knowing exactly what's in there.
Last week I was re-hanging some suncatchers and in a minute's time put my hands on the wire and snippers. Ah. Luxury.
Then there's the delight of seeing all that colorful fiber each time I reach up for a crochet hook in the crochet box (or itty bitty needles from the beaded knitting box, or ... you get the idea.)
All the beading things are with the beading things.
All the card making things are with the cardmaking things.
All the embroidery things are with the embroidery things.
Nice.
The Itso large fabric bin ($10 at Target) works great for holding all my scarves and shawls. Itso neat. Itso much less messy. Itso great not having to fold and stack everything carefully.
14 December, 2009
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