Knit and Crochet Bible Study

Month: February 2017

  • Through My Headset–The Magnolia Story

    While working on a sweater I abandoned to the closet quite some time ago I listened to ‘The Magnolia Story’ by Chip and Joanna Gaines.

    I fell in love with this couple watching their Fixer Upper show on HGTV.

    In the audio version of the book, Chip and JoJo read their story.  They captured my attention from the very beginning.

    I was impressed by their genuine openness. I don’t know that I would want to share some of those stories.  They are as open and authentic in the book as they appear in their show.

    They started their married life with no television, at the challenge made during their pre-marital counseling. The challenge was for 6 months. Now, years later and with a TV show of their own, they still have no TV.  There are days I think my life would be better without the TV always blaring in the background. Could I, would I, accept the challenge?  I digress. That is something for another post.

    I thoroughly enjoyed listening to “The Magnolia Story”.  The Gaines didn’t sound like they were reading the book. The sounded like they were sitting on the couch across my me, telling me their story. 

    If you are ‘fixing up’ a WIP, consider listening to this Fixer Upper couple tell you their story.

  • Unfinished–But Not Frogged

    While working on the final edits of the Proverbs 31 Woman personal devotional my husband pointed out I needed a better cover.

    So I headed to my craft room to find a WIP to possibly photograph and use since the subtitle of the devotional is “God’s Work In Progress”.

    I found something I had totally forgotten I even started.

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    I found this in one of the dozens of tote bags I have hanging in a closet. I found the original pattern and my notes for a sweater, though I did not mark what size I was making.  I found the right front complete and the left front 1/4 done.  Unfortunately it is a lace pattern with a 16 row repeat while decreasing. I had a bit of trouble deciphering my scribbled notes and determining where I was in the pattern.

    I am too far in to this sweater to frog it. Determined to move forward, I placed a lifeline in the row before I attempted to move forward. After a rocky start I did mange to determine where I was in the pattern and work through 2 full repeats.  I am on my way.

    I am excited to know that as God’s work-in-progress He never puts me in a tote bag and hides me away in the closet.  He didn’t frog the whole project (rip-it, rip-it, rip-it). He is always working on me.

    I look back at how God has brought me to this point in my life. I made a lot of mistakes and turn some wrong turns. But God has never left my side.

    Just like the Proverbs 31 woman was not born with all the qualities describes, I must learn, make decisions, and grow.

    I am a work-in-progress on God’s knitting needle.

    Now to get back to that sweater. I wonder what weight point I was at when I started it. Will it fit?