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Yarn Along

For some reason, it was much easier to justify the purchase of Madelinetosh when it was being used for a gift. I wish I could knit with it for every project, but then again, would I appreciate it nearly so much if I could? Would a special day be special if we were able to live it every day? I finished reading "The Bird in the Tree". God's timing is perfect, I tell you. If I had read it quickly, the message would have been lost. As it is, I read the words I needed to see right when my soul needed them most. Linking up with Ginny , as usual.

Morning Walk

As I lay in bed reading last night, a sentence from my book reminded me that there is this lovely field of purple flowers that I wanted to photograph before it is mowed down. I have been oversleeping lately, what with all the feverish children and such. So when the alarm went off this morning, I awoke with a resolve to get myself out of bed and on a walk to that field. First things first though, coffee had to be made. So with coffee in one hand and my camera in the other, I set off in the clean morning air. The church bells were chiming, birds were singing and I actually prayed the rosary. I really like the rosary, I just don't make time daily for it. We tried doing a family rosary in the evenings, but that lasted a few months and then the frustrations toddler distractions drove us to a single decade per night. Then that dwindled to one Our Father, One Hail Mary, and the St. Michael prayer. I am not proud, just honest. I know I have mentioned before how I love our little village.

Yarn Along plus a little sewing

The bunny is finished, but in need of a dress. I shall do that, but my mind is all cluttered because my yarn stash is all cluttered. I have lots of yarn that I will most likely never use. It is acrylic yarn gifted to me from various sources. I could let the kids have it, I suppose. I also have lots of leftover bits from projects. Not enough really to make anything, but too much to just throw out. What to do? I really want to make a shawl for myself, but cannot settle on a yarn. Most of what I like, I cannot bring myself to purchase because of the price. By the time you buy enough for a shawl...wow! She has claimed this bunny as her own. Now each of the little kids has their own hand-knitted animal.  My unsettledness in the knitting part of my life is encroaching on other parts as well. My routine (which I really like routine) has been disrupted by sick little ones. First, Peter, whose fever reached 105. Then Jack was next, though much less severe. Then Anna this

Yarn Along on a Thursday (again)

A day late, but my husband always tells me money is no object, so I will not worry about the dollar short! Do you know what is hard? Trusting that the postal service will, in fact, deliver that lovingly knitted object to its owner unharmed. I am still awaiting word on that. And it was my first knit using Madelinetosh, so I am oh so worried that something dreadful is going to befall my little package. After knitting with such yummy yarn, I needed something equally yummy and fun to knit with, without the price tag. Enter Knitpicks Shine. The stitch definition is amazing and the softness and sheen are equally incredible. I am making.... get ready to be shocked.....another bunny! I can't help it, they are so stinkin' cute. Therese is trying to claim it for herself, but I am waiting to see if that is who this is meant for. I also cast on twice, in two different yarns for a new shawl. Here is the pattern .One in that crazy blue ball of yarn that is still bigger than my head aft