Showing posts with label Knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knitting. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursdays Grace Study

I'm study Grace this year......everything I can get my hands on that talks about GRACE. This week is catch-up week with our Bible Reading so I'm going to let you catch-up if you need to, but if not, join me in reading about GRACE. I'm also reading the book, WHY GRACE CHANGES EVERYTHING by Chuck Smith. I'm going to be giving away a copy of this book to a lucky winner of this weeks Raffelcopter drawing. Go Here to enter.

The list below was taken from www.biblegateway.com

  1. 2 Corinthians 8:9
    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
    2 Corinthians 8:8-10 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 8 (Whole Chapter)
  2. 2 Corinthians 9:8
    And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;
    2 Corinthians 9:7-9 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter)
  3. 2 Corinthians 9:14
    while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
    2 Corinthians 9:13-15 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter)
  4. 2 Corinthians 12:9
    And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
    2 Corinthians 12:8-10 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 12 (Whole Chapter)
  5. 2 Corinthians 13:14
    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
    2 Corinthians 13:13-14 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 13 (Whole Chapter)
  6. Galatians 1:3
    Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
    Galatians 1:2-4 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)
  7. Galatians 1:6
    [ Perversion of the Gospel ] I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;
    Galatians 1:5-7 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)
  8. Galatians 1:15
    But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased
    Galatians 1:14-16 (in Context) Galatians 1 (Whole Chapter)
  9. Galatians 2:9
    and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
    Galatians 2:8-10 (in Context) Galatians 2 (Whole Chapter)
  10. Galatians 2:21
    I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”
    Galatians 2:20-21 (in Context) Galatians 2 (Whole Chapter)
  11. Galatians 5:4
    You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
    Galatians 5:3-5 (in Context) Galatians 5 (Whole Chapter)
  12. Galatians 6:18
    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
    Galatians 6:17-18 (in Context) Galatians 6 (Whole Chapter)
  13. Ephesians 1:2
    Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Ephesians 1:1-3 (in Context) Ephesians 1 (Whole Chapter)
  14. Ephesians 1:6
    to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
    Ephesians 1:5-7 (in Context) Ephesians 1 (Whole Chapter)
  15. Ephesians 1:7
    In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
    Ephesians 1:6-8 (in Context) Ephesians 1 (Whole Chapter)
  16. Ephesians 2:5
    even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved),
    Ephesians 2:4-6 (in Context) Ephesians 2 (Whole Chapter)
  17. Ephesians 2:7
    so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
    Ephesians 2:6-8 (in Context) Ephesians 2 (Whole Chapter)
  18. Ephesians 2:8
    For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
    Ephesians 2:7-9 (in Context) Ephesians 2 (Whole Chapter)
  19. Ephesians 3:2
    if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
    Ephesians 3:1-3 (in Context) Ephesians 3 (Whole Chapter)

Friday, March 2, 2012

Socks, Socks and more Socks



I took a class in knitting socks in January.  My goal was a pair of socks each month.  I just finished my second pair.......a couple days late but they are finished.

Like this pair of socks?  They will be my give-away for the APRIL SHOWERS give-away.  Hope you win!!!!

Now on to a pair of Cotton Alpaca socks in a tan........................

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Socks - Socks - Socks



I first learned to knit when I was around 9 years old.  I made slippers, mittens and a scarf.  I didn't knit for long, but picked it back up just before and after I got married.  I made a beautiful lace shawl for my wedding.  Later I picked it up again once some of my children were older and made a cute holiday vest and other things.  Knitting for me comes and goes like the tide.

In January, after my second knee replacement surgery, I took a class in Lincoln on knitting socks.  I had made a couple pairs of socks but thought that a class assure me that I was actually doing it right. 

This class taught me to knit the socks on two circular needles instead of the 4 double pointed needles I had used in the past.  It was ackward at first but I got the hang of it right away.  I made the above pair out of wool yarn in the class.  They are mine!  I'm working on another pair right now which will be given away in our April Raffel.  I'm trying to knit at least one pair a month.  Maybe some of my kids will actually get some socks this year.........I hope.

I encourage you to try socks.  It's always kind of scary to 'turn the heel' but it really isn't that difficult.  The bonus is that you make the sock to actually FIT YOU and wool blends are soooo warm!  Even in the summer wool wicks away the moisture so if you are prone to have foot itch in the summer wool socks might be the ticket for you.  Many hikers insist on wool socks.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Entrelac Scarf


Isn't this scarf just about the most beautiful scarf you've ever seen?  I've been plugging away on the 2012 Sock Project having learned to knit socks in January.  Plugging away?  Yes, plugging away.  Socks don't knit as fast as I would like them to.

Now I've run across this method of knitting that I've never tried before.  Kind of looks like a quilt only it's a knitted scarf.   I'm off to find this yarn and begin this project.  I must be an expert knitter you say?  Not so, but it sure is easier with this step by step tutorial.


http://verypink.com/2011/12/22/learn-to-knit-entrelac/

I hope you'll try this project.  Send me a picture when you are done!