What a Delight I Had Today

What a delight I had tonight with my granddaughter. I have gotten my yarn out to sort through it, restock it and mail what I will not use to some wonderful people who contacted me re: my yarn. Tonight, though, while watching Doc then the President, I was knitting up some fun fur into a scarf. Although, she is only 21 months, she went to my yarn, picked up a ball & some needles, trying to mimicking me knitting. I sat in my chair with her helping her 'knit', by casting on some stitches, showing her how to bring the yarn over & the needle through. Although she lost interest quickly, she tried her hardest to 'knit like her Nana'. I forgot how fast they imitate their surroundings. I forgot how easily you can influence these wee ones at this stage in their life. I hope I have put a little bit of desire in her to want to knit in the future. What a blessing I received from the simple love of my grand-daughter, who so innocently wanted to knit like me. I look forward to the day that I can teach her how to knit, really knit scarves, dishcloths, and such.

My friends granddaughter was here from Florida, soon to be 13. She learned how to knit simple scarves, hats in the past week. She wanted to knit like her Nana. I gave her a copy of a one hour hat pattern. It is free from the Internet. She left today with four scarves and two hats she knitted in one week. She is smart enough to find help sites on knitting to learn how to knit other stitches, from which she can expand her knitting techniques. She will be a good knitter someday. It will not surprise me if she does not learn how to design her own patterns one day. She was so excited. I truly look forward to the day that I can treat my granddaughter how to knit. What fun we will have, what fun we will have.

Good Night for now. I am going to get all my boxes ready to send tomorrow, getting them in the mail hopefully tomorrow afternoon. God's Blessings and Happy Knitting. It is the simple things in life that makes life worth living.

Jil

What to Do?

I hope everyone had a very Happy 4th of July! We had a wonderful Domino party on the 4th of July, after a wonderful cook-out. We saw from a distance some beautiful fireworks. They lit up the sky with red, white & blue. What a wonderful way to honor the United States of America, as well as those who serve & give their lives for our freedom. I think of brother, born in Oklahoma, buried in Arlington Cemetery, honored there for giving his life for this country he loved so much. I smile with pride as I think of my gggrandfather, gggrandfather, my father's & two sons who have given their time to serve this country. I gladly salute you & all of you out there who are knitters, crocheters, who have served this country in so many ways. You are honored here this month.

Well, it has been a few weeks since I post last. I hate that is has been so long! My dear hubby & I have been going through our closets trying to decide what to keep, what to sell, what to throw away. Have you ever had to do this? Well, while going through our closets, I found several skeins of yarn that I would never use. I don't like the way it feels, the colors etc. Also, I found a book called 'Can't get enough SCRAPS' 26 favorite Scrap Projects for those who like to CROCHET. Since I do not like to Crochet. I am going to notify my knitting sites of this fact, of the crochet book I have found, the yarns. Who ever e-mails me first wanting my books, including up to 5 skeins of yarn until it is gone, they will get them FREE. All they have to do it e-mail me privately w/their snail mail address. They will have to leave a comment on my site that they visited my blog, then e-mail me. I will send the yarn we found-up to 5 skeins per person until it is gone. So if you don't get in on the free Crochet book, you still have a chance to win some of the yarn skeins. If you are a follower & wish to enter, you are welcome also.

My e-mail address is jilwoodruffpulley@hotmail.com

Put subject as Crochet Book/Skeins of Yarn. I will answer answer you as quickly as I can. Good luck. I want my Crochet book & Skeins of Yarn to find good homes. God's Blessings, Jil

Fun Things To Know and other Oddities

I found this on Faith, Hope, Charity-Yarn Snippets

(not the cow)

I collect Cows, so I thought I would post the picture of it on this post. I love knitting, most yarn comes from sheep or is man made. However, sheep don't seem to be as cute to me. However the below I found on a knitting blog & decided to borrow the concept, not the answers. The answers below are mine. If you want to see the original author's answers you can go to her site noted below. Enjoy & answer them yourself on your blog. Let people see a little more about you, maybe even laugh at yourself some by your own answers. If you can make someone else laugh or enjoy life a little more, then you have blessed them more than you ever will know. So, here we gooooooo....................

Some Basic Fun Facts
20 Of My Favorite Things

1. Color----Lavenders, Greens, Reds, Yellows, Purple
2. Dessert----Strawberries, fresh lush strawberries
3. Smell-----Summer Sorbet, Lavender
4. Flower-----Yellow Roses & Daises
5. Animal-----Dog, Toy Poodle to be exact
6. Month-----December
7. Beverage----Raspberry Tea & Diet Vanilla Coke w/extra ice
8. Pair of shoes----Red, White & Blue Birkenstock Sandals
9. Snack-----Veggies & Dip
10. Song-----How Great is our God
11. Book-----Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
12. Fruit----Strawberries & Watermelon
13. Hairstyle-----Short Bob
14. Piece of clothing------White Crinkled Dress
15. Store to clothes shop---Coldwater Creek
16. Season-----Fall
17. Hobby----Knitting, Reading, Scrapbooking
18. Thing to collect-----Cows, Crosses, Dolls, Salt & Pepper Shakers
19. Movie-----Last of the Mohican's, Shenandoah, In Harms Way, They were Expendable, Mrs. Miniver, Tora, Tora, Tora, The Blue and the Gray, Three Women, Beulah Land
20. Restaurant-----Mike's Place, Conway, AR

Found at: http://wwwblogaroony.blogspot.com/

Faith, Hope, Charity, & Yarn Snippets

Knitting

I am going to start knitting a dishcloth KAL tomorrow. I will post a picture when I finish. I will also post a picture of the scarves I have knitted for my missionary friend in Europe. She uses them to give to her students as she teaches them English using the Bible. She has done this for 10 years or longer. I have knitted her heavy ones, light ones along with some my cousin-in-law has knitted & gave to send to her. Her mother is leaving in July & has offered to take them to her, so I can save money from not having to mail them myself. People are so generous in my life. I am so thankful for the help I have gotten in my knitting charity, along with a new charity I joined myself. It is called Bluebonnet Babies. I am excited about being a part of this group. I am hoping I can knit up to their ability. I do enjoy kitting & will hopefully be able to knit simple baby blankets for the preemies they give to. I don't know how to knit clothing yet, but I do believe that I can knit a hat for preemies if I try.

I hope all of you that love to knit, especially for those who love to knit for charities will look this charity knitting group & consider joining in their cause. It a group from Texas, so those in Texas would be a great help to this group. I am going to do my best to join up in the cause. God's Blessings

One Hour Baby Hat

I have been surfing lately and have found a neat site. It had a One Hour Baby Hat knit pattern on it, free. It is a fun hat I think. On this site, the individual has a seperate site where they sell their own hand dyed wool. From what I have seen so far, the hand dyed wool is beautiful. I am going to look at their site where I can view more of the hand dyed wool. I will put a picture of the One Hour Baby Hat found at http://www.calanacrafts.blogspot.com/. Also, even though they are found in Scotland, here is the site for their hand dyed wool http://www.calanacrafts.co.uk/ . Have a look at this blogspot. It is interesting. Here is a picture of the hat they created.

I really liked the hat on the bear. I looks really good. I am glad I found this blogspot. Go by and visit their sites. You might even want to order some of their hand dyed yarn. God's Blessings Jil

What do you knit?

I love to knit, except I have not tackled my fears of knitting socks, knitting sweaters & clothing. I am however, knitting scarves for a friend of mine who teaches English through the Bible in a country overseas. Where she is living, it gets cold in the winter, so I decided to knit scarves she can give to her students. I am even knitting some scarves she can give to her students that can be worn in fall and spring, light weight, etc. I hope to take photos of them, putting them on the Internet. I really like using ribbon yarn for the light weight scarves. I usually make dropped stitch scarves with the ribbon yarn.
My other knitting love is dishcloths. There are so many new patterns out there, new designs that are coming out, some free, some being given out in my groups monthly & mid-monthly KALS. I enjoy these KALS as I learn new stitches through them.
Hopefully, I will learn to knit socks & clothing one day. I hope I will just overcome my fears, overcome my timidness & just try to knit them. The only way to learn try, even if I have to 'frog' a few times. My on going knitting's is a prayer shawl & a lapghan. The lapghan is a crochet which I am also just learning to do. I will complete it one day, hopefully before the cool months return. I want to use it this year. I will keep you posted on my progress.
Well, I will close for now. God's Blessings & keep on knitting-for yourself, for others, for gifts to give at birthdays, Christmas, for no reason at all. Just keep learning what you can, making new designs as you. Jil

Saving your Sanity by knitting!

Have you just had one of those days where you thought you were just going to lose it? I have. I have found though, as many knitters have, that by pulling out your knitting, start knitting, a behold~you relax, your mind is at ease~your sanity has not been lost. Now you don't have to go look for your lost sanity. It is still there!
Many times I feel so much better if I 'frog' while knitting, having to tear out my knitting as starting over again. It seems that by 'frogging' you can release your frustrations out on your yarn, not on your self or on some unsuspecting friend or loved one.

Your yarn is very forgiving, very loving, not really aware that by your 'frogging' it has just been the receiver of your frustrations for the day. Your yarn, which never really did anything to you, gladly accepts your 'frogging', because 'despite popular belief' your trusted friend, your yarn does not have feelings, it just needs to be treated with some respect.

'Frogging' is a life saver to many of us-no matter what gender. Because, we who control what we do with our yarn, it always, well almost always, follows our needles to be made into what ever we desire it to be, with little to no protest of what it is being used for. It could be a sweater, a scarf, a dishcloth, table cloth, bedspread with out any protest from the yarn itself.

Once in a while however, our yarn gets a mind of its' own, when it tries to tangle itself up, which in turn causes our frustration to increase as we untangle the yarn, that so rudely tangled itself up! It becomes a battle of wills, yours or the yarn. I refuse to let the yarn win! While working until my fingers hurt, getting the last knot & tangle out. I will not let the yarn win by making me put it aside, using another skein of yarn to make my project up with. The yarn will eventually fall in this battle, not me. Besides, I do feel victorious when I get the final tangle & knot out. How about you?

Isn't knitting fun, challenging, yet a great way to release our stress! Despite the setbacks, the 'frogging', the dropped stitches, misread, misunderstood patterns, KNITTING is a blast. Knitting is a great way to relax after a day of being a mom, secretary, dietitian, nurse, judge, therapists-what a way to take care of your self. Hope you have fun knitting today!