JH's Wrap

This is J's wrap for her black dress with green polka dots that I promised to make about a year ago. Anyway, I am really happy with the stitch that I finally settled on. It is called Granite Relief Stitch. I found this stitch and the one for NJ's scarf on LionBrandYarn. com if you want to see a more clearer picture.

Calorimetry

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTcalorimetry.html

I found this on a knitting blog, and I just thought it was the coolest thing. So for those of you with long, thick hair, would you wear this?

Bamboo Scarf

A while ago, I finished M's scarf, but I just got around to taking pictures. The pattern is called Bamboo. I have been working on a cable cardigan, and I started working on JH's black wrap and NJ's scarf. When I get enough done, I will post a picture in progress so they can comment.

Quiet

I haven't been posting much lately. N says that I've been pretty quiet at home. I am not sure exactly why. Just thinking ... I guess.

I just finished reading the last in the Mitford Series by Jan Karon. The series about an Episcopal priest in a small North Carolina mountain town. Over the course of the series, he gets married for the first time after he turned 60. He adopts a young boy. Of course, there are many more things that happen to him, but the books are just about life and people. They are so calm and peaceful, even in the midst of disease and tragedy. The series takes place over 10 years and Father Tim develops diabetes and continues to struggle with it over the series. One of the books is Father Tim experiences a major depression. That book was especially poignant to me. Anyway, in this last book, I just adored how Father Tim and his wife, Cynthia, talked to each other. They were encouraging and supportive. I hope my words become that healing. They take in more than one "stray." Sometimes, the strays are animals and sometimes they are people. I understand that this fiction, but I can hope that I can become that caring and hopeful in adversity.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Hope everyone has a great new year!!!

P.S. - I personally hope that this year brings less change and more peace. Everyone in my family has moved this year so hopefully everyone will settle in for a while.