May 9: bird
Today’s toy is a knitted bird by my design. I was trying out just one strand of a thicker yarn and testing the pattern. Using Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn Prints and Big Twist yarn and size 2 needles, this came out quite nicely.
May 9, 2024 Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter
This is also Ascension Thursday, but my church is observing it on Sunday. Today’s first reading is of Paul visiting Corinth. The Jews reject his teaching so he dusts off his sandals and goes to the gentiles. He converts many to Christianity. In the gospel, it is written three times, “A little while and you…
May 8: bird of happiness
Today’s toy is a knitted bluebird of happiness designed by Sara Elizabeth Kellner. Using Hobby Lobby’s I love this yarn Print and size 2 needles, this pattern is very clever in its short rows and increases. Great pattern! This in number 3 for the year.
May 8, 2024 Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s first reading: Paul is in Athens talking to the people and few convert, but he moves on. Those are building altars for an unknown god. Paul said “God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repentbecause he has established a day on which he will ‘judge the…
May 7: eagle
Today’s toy is a crocheted bald eagle. The pattern is Franklin the Bald Eagle by Tiffany Horton. Using crafter’s square acrylic, Hobbii’s rainbow 8/4 cotton, Jeans yarn, and a 2 mm hook, I crocheted this for my great niece who is graduating from HS and going to college where the mascot is a green eagle. I…
May 7, 2024 Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s first reading is of Paul getting arrested for preaching about Jesus. They said that he was beaten with rods and tied to stakes. There was an earthquake and his chains were broken and the cell doors were opened. The guard was going to kill himself because he thought Paul had escaped, but Paul was…
May 6: Polly the pirate
Today’s toy is a crocheted doll. It is part of a crochet along by Rico Design. Using Hobbii’s rainbow 8/4 cotton and a 2.5 mm crochet hook, this doll is very detailed. I like the hair construction. The balloon arms did not turn out well. I put wire in the sword, because they called it…
May 6, 2024 Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Today’s first reading is the first account of a Christian in Europe and it’s a woman. They say her name is Lydia and she sells purple cloth. She sounds like a strong woman. She converts he household and they are all baptized. In the gospel, Jesus said “the hour is coming when everyone who kills…
May 5: bird design
Today’s toy is a bird I designed, knitted. I have made a few of these. I start with a figure 8 cast on like toe up socks and increase 6 stitches every other round up to 42 and then knit some and then decrease twice for the neck and increase for the head. I put…
May 5, 2024 Sixth Sunday of Easter
Today’s first reading the Holy Spirit descended onto the gentiles and they were speaking in tongues. Peter said they should be baptized and they were baptized. In the second reading John said God is love and He sent His son for the expiation of our sins. Amen! In the gospel Jesus says to love one…