There is a time for every increase – a time to Knit front back and a time to yarn over, a time to Make 1 Right and a time to Make 1 Left. These last two, abbreviated M1R and M1L, respectively, are two of my favorites. They are a perfectly matched pair, mirror images of … More M1R, M1L, M1P
Today is my third day without knitting, and I’d be lying through my teeth if I said it’s gone smoothly. Sometimes “giving something up” for Lent doesn’t really do it for me, because in my laziness I will just find another comfort mechanism to abuse until the fast is over. This is why fasting from … More Reflecting on Clue #1: Creation
Further changes to Row 21 of Clue #1. It should read: Row 21: K3; {C1RT, P7, YO, K2tog, P7} 3 times; C1RT; P7; K3. The last bit was left out in the original. In the great hope that all errors have been found, an updated version of the clue has been sent out to all … More More Errata for Clue #1
I had intended for this to be a Mardi Gras post, but I put it off for a very good reason. After a long couple of days of hard work (two 6-page papers in 24 hours. What!), I realized I was going to blow off my friends’ invitation to go out for a good time…. … More Shriven
~By Meg Saunders. To subscribe to her weekly devotional newsletter, “First Things,” from which this is taken, see the bottom of this post. “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness’ . . . So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created … More God, Our Creator
Missing Abbreviation: K1tbl: Knit one through the back loop. (This stitch is not actually used by itself in the clue, but is part of the C1RT and C1LT instructions.) Errors in Written Directions. The following two rows should be worked as follows: Row 9: K3; *P2, C1RT, P3, C1LT, P2, C1RT, P3, K2togtbl, YO* 3 … More Clue #1 Errata
This week in the Lenten Mystery Knit-Along and study of The Drama of Scripture, we begin this journey at the very beginning. Here we get to take some time to meditate on God’s awesome act of creating the universe. Before sin ever came into the picture, the earth and all that is in it (including … More Readings for Week #1
Clue #1, at the beginning of our KAL, represents the beginning of the story – Creation. To replicate the look of a field of green grass, this clue utilizes twisted stitches and traveling twisted stitches. These techniques belong to a family of stitchery called “Bavarian Twisted Stitches,” and have been all the rage – both … More Twisted Stitches and Other Matters in Clue #1
If you are new to Lent, then after yesterday’s brief treatise on Lent, you might be saying to yourself: That sounds beautiful and meaningful. But…. why give up stuff for Lent? It’s the idea of fasting. Fasting usually means giving up food, but it doesn’t have to be limited to that. Lent is a time … More The Lenten Fast
“Lord, who throughout these forty days for us didst fast and pray, Teach us with thee to mourn our sins, and close by thee to stay.” -Claudia Frances Hernaman (1838-1898). From the 1982 Hymnal, #142 v. 1. I can’t even spell liturgiologist, nor am I a pastor, nor even much of a theologian. But especially … More Lent & Time
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