Light Oak

More Stash Busting. This pattern is from Doris Chan and is a 20 page free pattern. She shows how to make the shawl using different weights of yarn and different bottoms. This yarn is called Soft Creations and you would swear you were working with Simply Soft.

Prayer Shawl

A friend of mine lost her house to a fire not long ago and she lost 2 of her 3 dogs as well. I think that is what she most grieves for. I decided she needed a prayer shawl to help her deal with her loss, so out of my stash of some yarn I have no idea where I got it I made this for her. The yarn is Dawn Sayelle dated 1991.

Camp Loopy Project 3 2012

I finished my poncho. I love this yarn, it is a wool but very light weight and very soft and a dream to knit with. I added a set of rows and reworked the neck. I had about 5 yards of the pink and gray left and barely touched maybe 20 yards in the second skein of the black.

Tell Me How it is Different

Dear Lefties: I went to CFA on Wednesday to support my First Amendment of Free Speech. Today you are protesting CFA because they give money to religious institutions that support traditional marriage between a man and a woman. So tell me how different is this than the goverment taking my tax dollars without my permission and giving them to NPR, Planned Parenthood, other countries, illegal immigrants, shall I go on with my list. Only thing is Mr CFA uses his profits, you use my tax dollars. Remember the old adage I will defend your right to have a different opinion than me and it should be ok. You do not know what is better for me, you dont even know me. The only good thing out of this is you have awakened a sleeping giant and we are tired of it all. We want our American back. Game on!

It's a Great Day at CFA

Those who know me well know I am a ChickFilAholic. I have a tee, ballcap, lanyard, purse my niece got me at a craft show, and the cows and calendar. Today is stand up for CFA day and their beliefs. While I may at time want my #9 meal and to hit Hobby Lobby (another Christian business who refuses to be open on Sunday) I think it is cool of them to stand by their beliefs. So it took me 40 minutes from the time I turned to the time I left, and I was in my car the whole time. The lines were out the door, the cops were directing traffic and the local burget joints were empty. Here is the great time at my very own CFA.

Camp Loopy 2012 Project 3

When I was in Junior High and High School I had a poncho that was brown, orange, yellow and brown, it was not as bad as it sounds. I wore it to death and it was very warm. I have always liked ponchos so when I needed a project for my 3rd month at Camp Loopy I looked for a poncho pattern. You have to use 2 colors, at least 500 yards and a pattern you have not made before. I know knitting wool and winter garments when it is 100 out is kind of crazy but then you have never camped at Camp Loopy before. BTW Hermione was trying to see what was in the box that made mommy squee with delight. She of course is too big for the box but nonetheless she tried to get into it.

Blue Swiss

My Camp Loopy Project 2 is finally all done, blocked and dry. I will definitely use the yarn again but this project was a bit too I dont know the right words, well I wont knit it again. The pattern was great to follow, it was an easy knit to memmorize but the pattern drove me nuts because of the tediousness or boringness or I dont know what. BUT don't let me keep you from trying it. It just wasn't for me.

Your Face

http://www.eruptingmind.com/chinese-face-map/ This is quite an article to read about your body and how everything connects. It is quite a lengthy read but certainly tells a lot. I know that when I get my monthly massage my therapist hits a spot on my feet and it goes all the way up. This reminds me of the exhibit I went to that had taken the human body and sliced it up like a ham, and showed all that is inside and how it interacts. So cool. Take a look and see what is going on with you.

TV

No not television, Turkey Vultures. Since I can't watch my eagles, I have turned over to watch the TV's. I have to say they are cute little buzzballs but so boring. There are 2 of them about 3 weeks old. They live in the loft of an un-used barn. There is straw on the floor and today they got out of their bordered in nest. I dont think the parents are very good parents as they leave them alone except for every once in awhile they will come in and feed, and they regurgitate, that is so gross. So I will watch them but they are not a match for the eagles. But since I can't see the eagle cam until November, I will have to do with TV.

Fudgesicles

I love fudgesicles, a sweet creamy chocolate on a hot day, there is nothing better. So this week's pops are like fudgesicles. Half and half, brown sugar, a touch of cayenne, and baking chocolate melted. This batch did not make much as the others make over a dozen so it takes me awhile to eat them one a day. I can't wait til tomorrow when they will be ready. I do like a touch of heat in my cocoa and bet these are good.

It's in the Bible

An online friend posted that her mom said in her Bible there was a commandment to knit at the back, but then she said it was in her handwriting so maybe not: but check out Proverbs 31: Verse 13: She seeks out wool and flax and works with willing hands to develop it. and Verse 19: She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. Looks like to me God wants me to knit. So I best get busy. See mom God is telling me to seek out wool and knit.

Happy 4th

More Information on D12

Apparently D12 spread her wings on top of the white barn on the property where she was born and hit the wires. She was retrieved by Bob, whom I am sure is having a really rough day as he is very active in the study of Eagles. My heart breaks for him having to do this and my prayers and thoughts are with him. I wondered if they would bury her there on the property but they can't. All eagles go here: http://www.fws.gov/le/Natives/EagleRepository.htm. http://thegazette.com/2012/07/03/decorah-eaglet-born-in-2012-found-electrocuted. She will be taken care of and maybe she will be of some use in a Native American ceremony or something else. Godspeed D12, we will miss you.