But joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 I was working on a doll that I was crocheting for my grandchild which was done in a way that had the clothes worked into the pattern. This means there will be color changes along the way. I was half way through the project, mindlessly making the […]
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I am building up a library of digital patterns. I have many more patterns than I will ever be able to complete, but you never know when you will suddenly decide to make a teddy bear for a barbie doll or a 7 foot round afghan. Some favorite FREE sites I check daily and save
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Are you a Proverbs 31 woman? The woman described in Proverbs 31 seems elusive, perfection, impossible to achieve. The Knit and Crochet Bible Study, Book 2 “The Proverbs 31 Woman: God’s Work In Progress” looks at the Proverbs 31 woman to discover she is not someone born of perfection, she is a woman knit together
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Theologians tell us there are 400 years between Malachi 4:6 and Matthew 1:1. What was happening during that time? Was God trying to come up with a Plan B, C or even D? No, Gods plan of salvation was already in the works in Genesis 1. There is no Plan B. From Genesis to Malachi
Have you knit or crocheted a sweater, a skirt, or other garment that needed to be sized to fit your body shape? You will find instructions with parenthesis alerting you to the necessary change you need to make to personalize the garment to your choice. One size does not always fit all. How about embellishing
I have been using up my stash by making baby sweaters, blankets, etc. For the sweaters I don’t use plastic buttons, I crochet the button. This soft button is easy to make. I was recently asked to demonstrate the process so I created this short video to show you how to crochet your own buttons.
I sit here looking at the snow, dreaming of spring. I am cuddled up in my snuggie and working on some knit and crochet projects to add to Book 2 so I can make it available for purchase soon. In the meantime, I am looking over the instructions for the last panel of the Salvation
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I am trying to organize my stash into something reasonably usable. In December I embellished some teddy bears and purchased little accessories to make this adorable clown bear. The person who ordered it requested another one a few weeks later. I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t find where I put the extra
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I am trying to clean out my cluttered craft areas and merge them into one organized closet. (big emphasis on the word trying) I keep getting distracted because I find a work I started and then set aside to start another project. I pick up that set-aside project, only to find more pattern books with
“..to be made new..to put on the new self created to be like God in righteousness and holiness” Ephesians 4:23,24. We are in a new year, welcome to 2010. When I was a child in the 1960s, the thought of a year in the 2000s was something in Star Trek, far beyond the imagination of
