Hat Swap Update

These are the items that I recieved from my swap partner. The Yada Yada prayer group book, some scrap booking items and of course the hat that we were swapping

This is my model Jenny donning the ribbon hat. It's a little big for her head because the hat is for a 6 month baby and Jenny is much smaller. :)

The hat swap was a great project to participate in and I'm so thankful to my swap partner for the little extras she threw in.

Shift Your Focus

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. -Isaiah 26:3

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. -II Corinthians 3:18

By beholding we become changed. God promises in Isaiah 26:3 that if our thoughts and affections are on Him we will experience peace through our trust in Him. He also makes another promise that as we keep our mind on Him, we will become like Him. So if we shift our focus, we can become like Christ and experience perfect peace. What a promise!

How often have you taken the time to read the stories of Christ and really meditate on His thoughts? Take for example the time the woman was caught in adultery. All the men brought her so that she could be accused and put to death by stoning. Jesus ignored them and began to write in the dust. Have you ever thought about what He was writing? Why didn't He just call out the names of the ones who had set her up or better yet, the names of the ones that had been with her which would perhaps include all of them!

Was He composing Himself? Was He giving them a way of escape or a chance to break out of this evil deed? I propose that as we reflect on Christ and ponder His thoughts, we will become like Him and experience the peace that passes all understanding. He promises that in His presence there is fullness of Joy.

May the fulness of God's joy be yours today and you shift your focus toward Him

Ribbon Hat

I am a member of the Itty Bitty Hats group on Ravelry. I decided to join a hat swap and that hat for this month was the Ribbon Hat. I tend to like things that are simple so this hat was a bit of a challenge for me, but I decided to join anyway. My hat is now done and I plan to knit up a surprise for my swap partner which I will post once I'm done with it.

I Won, I Won!

A couple of weeks ago I attended a Threads of Love meeting and the director told a story of a quilt that been made by some of the volunteers, sold at an auction, and bought buy her husband. She wanted to raffle the quilt to make money for her chapter. When I saw the quilt I was thoroughly impressed by the craftmanship of it and thought it to be very "Texan" with the boots and stars. I thought of how I would love to have it, but only bought a ticket to support the group.

Today was the 5th birthday party of this Threads of Love chapter and guess who won the quilt? I couldn't believe it. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but I am happy to have it indeed.

My Clapotis is Done

Earlier I wrote a post on my latest knitting project, the clapotis. After knitting it halfway through and ripping it out, I finally finished it. I went to a graduation party last night and several of the ladies there fell in love with it. One in particular wore it until it was time for me to go. As I was walking out to my car, I was impressed to give it to her. So I'll be packing it up in a nice little bag and presenting it to her at church this weekend.

The first picture is what the colors actually look like. I guess the lights from the kitchen table flushed out the colors in the second.

I've already purchased to yarn to knit my next one so maybe I'll get to keep that one. :)