Knit and Crochet Bible Study

Category: Crochet

  • Upcoming KAL and CAL

    As I was writing up the patterns for the Salvation Colors lapghans an idea started to knit in my head.

    Let’s make these together!! How about a Knit-A-Long (KAL) and a Crochet-A-Long (CAL) featuring one panel a month. If we start in September/October we will finish up in April in time for Easter. In the end you have your own witnessing tool.

    With this in mind I am preparing the story for each color and pattern will be posted one each month. I will also prepare a short video for each stitch pattern to help you along the way. Comments will be open on the blog to allow for questions and comments on the pattern.

    So mark your calendar, panel 1 will be posted next week.

    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvations to the ends of the earth. Acts 13:47NIV

  • Still working

    My local Knit Crochet Bible Study starts tomorrow night so I am frantically typing away, getting the pattern written out for the Colors of Salvation afghan/lapghan.

    I finished up a knit and a crochet version.  I will be posting the patterns and scripture verses soon.

     

  • Salvation Colors Lapghan

    Just finished writing up the lessons for the Fall Knitting/Crochet Bible Study at my church. I have created lapghans to practice new stitches while studying this semester. Using the “Colors of Salvation” we will knit and or crochet lapghans, or perhaps use the strips for scarves. No matter what their final project is, here are pics of the lapghans.  I am now writing up the patterns and will post for download soon.

     

  • Can this project be saved?

    While cleaning out my inbox I ran across this article about a sweater knit in wool and acrylic that somehow ended up in the washer and dryer.  It did shrink to the point that the neck is now too small to go over the head of a child.

    Solution? Add a zipper.  Check out the process used at Creative Knitting.

    Click to view article.

    On a personal note, I am still too frightened of unraveling the whole thing to try this myself, but I have seen so many articles on making it work I may have to put this on my Try It Out list.

  • Saving FREE Patterns From the Internet

    The internet offers many creative ideas for knit, crochet, sewing, beading, etc. Here is how I save these patterns to my computer.

    First I created a Digital Pattern File in WORD to access. Here is how I created mine:

    1. Set the margins to .5 all the way around. This is my preference, I then place printed patterns in a plastic sheet protector.
    2. Create a footer. To be sure I add the footer I create one I will overwrite with the words reminding me to add the website where the pattern was found and I also set my preferred pagination Page # of #
    3. Create an insert point for the document. I made a reference which I will overwrite when I paste the new information.
    4. Save the file as a template or another document.

    Now to begin the process and use this template.

    1. Open the online printable version of the pattern.
    2. With your mouse, highlight the entire pattern. This can be done 2 ways:  1. Click CONTROL plus the A key at the same time OR
      2. Place the mouse at the beginning at the pattern and holding down the Left Mouse Button move to the end of the pattern. Release the mouse button, click CONTROL plus the A key at the same time.
      Click CONTROL plus the C key at the same time. This copies the highlighted information to the computers clipboard.
    3. Open the Digital Pattern Template.
    4. Find the insertion point at the beginning of the document and press CTRL and V at the same time. This will paste the information from your clipboard to the document.
    5. Go back to the document and highlight (CTRL+A) and copy (CTRL+C) the webpage.
    6. Return to the document. Select insert” and footer and edit footer.
      Highlight the note to insert the web info and paste (CTRL+V) the webpage address.  If necessary, space to move the page numbering over.
    7. Close the footer.
    8. Look over your pattern. Did any pictures not paste that were on the page? Go back to the webpage, right click on the picture, select copy, return to document, find the position and paste. You may set the location and text wrapping my clicking on the picture and utilizing the picture format feature. I like to use right top align with text. This then allows me to move the picture down a little if desired.
    9. Look over the pattern. Add/remove line spacing or change text size as desired. I do this to cut down the number of pages to the best possible. Example 1: if only 3 lines extend onto page 3, I will try to cut blank lines to make it 2 pages. Example 2: if direction for a row are split on two pages I will adjust so they are one page by adding or deleting blank lines. This allows me to read an entire row without page flipping.
    10. When complete, save the file as you desire. I have the PDF add-in for Word 2007 so I save my completed file as PDF.

    NOTE: PLEASE HONOR COPYRIGHT ON ALL PATTERNS. BE SURE TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR PATTERN.