I wonder sometimes if this word may become worn out. Like taffy pulled too thin, or chocolate pie eaten too much, we hear this word bantered around in various ways and forms. It's always an exhortation, an encouragement, a command to be more thankful for what we have, where we are in life, even to consider … Continue reading Thankful
Tag: knitting
*More Free For Thee!
I have just uploaded four of my patterns to the FREE Patterns page here on my blog! Be sure to check 'em out!
*New Pattern!
Finally!! I've added a new pattern to my Etsy Shop! It's a sweater and sweater/vest I've been wanting to offer for quite some time. It just takes time to write a pattern properly, with all the information you want to offer so that others can be successful in making it. Appalachian Comfort A Beginner Sweater (with … Continue reading *New Pattern!
Where Real Women Create
If you have a minute...pop over to my Drawing Blog to read more thoughts on this topic! I hope you have a making day!!
A Shop of Their Own
I've been moving into a new shop lately! An Etsy Shop that is. Mind you, my previous Etsy shop is still open as well with a new banner also! I felt like my shop was too jumbled and wasn't clear as to what I was actually selling. So I've divided the items into a new … Continue reading A Shop of Their Own
Kool Aid to Dye for!
**This post comes with a warning: If you continue reading/viewing, you may wind up with a huge, ridiculous grin on your face such as I have in the above pic! Why oh why did I not take a before photo of these hanks of wool?? Perhaps because I was eager to see them transformed from … Continue reading Kool Aid to Dye for!
Through Yarn and Pen
I am blessed beyond measure. I feel it greatly today. Something about that rich green ball of yarn...turned a switch in me. That I am loved. That I have so many TO love. That I've been given much. And I have an overwhelming desire to give much. Gratitude stirred in a heart because of a … Continue reading Through Yarn and Pen
Artful Friends
I am blessed with quite a few artful friends with whom I enjoy getting together to draw or paint, knit or crochet. The above sketch is of myself and a friend who is also named Jennifer. We both love multiple expressions of creativity, including knitting. Hence the shawls we both had knitted and wore to … Continue reading Artful Friends
A Vision
For several months now, there have been rumblings under my feet. I felt it in the months leading up to my surgery in June and have continued to sense this in the days following. It's a shift in focus, even if it is somewhat dimmed at times, a new path or direction, a revisiting of … Continue reading A Vision
*Life
My life is barreling in directions I'm unsure whether I really want to go. Our son is beginning his senior year of high school. Our oldest goes back for her junior year in college. Our youngest begins 7th grade. Am I ready for this? I feel inside a fragility about it all. An uncertainty as … Continue reading *Life