Mosey Continued

This is my latest finished protect.
This is not the best angle, but it is not easy to take a picture of yourself.

They turned out very well, except for the fact that they are both right legs, so the ties are both on the same side. An easy fix with a little engineering and some brute force.

Bruce loves the pom-poms

This is my first try with cables. Up next, felting.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes

This is my 2ed to latest finished project. Sorry about the quality, the camera's auto focus does not always work very well.
It's a pretty simple white dress in and of itself. But I put buttons at the points where the straps would attach so that the straps are completely interchangeable, and I can criss-cross them in almost any direction that does not manage to choke me.
The Lace Cap that I made was originally meant to go with this dress.

Lace Cap

My newest finished project. A crochet lace cap. With a gold bit of elastic to hold it in place and to add a bit of color.

Its a very simple pattern that I mostly made up as I went along.

Modeled by Grey the stuffed dog.

Birthday Gifts

So my birthday was a little short on gifts. Mostly because I had to work that week and there was just not time to take me shopping. So what I got was a bag of chocolate kisses and a check for $50.

This is what I spent the check on.
Most of the yarn was on the summer sale on Webs.

The orange bulky wool (looks red in the picture but its actually a burnt orange) I plan on trying my hand at a pair of felted slippers.

The Eden bamboo I was planing on making a couple of shrugs with, but I misjudged the amount of yarn in each ball. You can't do the same thing with 50 grams of bamboo that you can with 50 grams of lace weight wool.


I was given a pattern by a good friend of mine for a graduation gift and I have been looking for the perfect yarn to make it with. This is what I found, and I hope that I got enough. Hopefully if I have to get more it will be okay if I don't have the same dye lot because the yarn is already variegated.

The Last Storyteller

If you have not read The Last Storyteller by Diane Noble you should, it's a wonderful book.
This is the summary on the back.

Taite Abbot has always been a free spirit, and she has the tattoos and piercings to prove it. So when her boyfriend, medical student Sam Wellington, leaves for a fellowship thousands of miles away before he knows she is pregnant, Taite is unwilling to destroy his chance of becoming a doctor. Completely unprepared to face parenthood alone, she decided to get an abortion. But without any emotional or financial resources, Taite first seeks solace from her Welsh grandmother, Naini.

From the moment the disillusioned young woman arrives, Naini knows that time is running out, both for Taite and for herself. The aging woman must make her granddaughter understand the heart and soul of their family's ancient legacy. But for Taite to discover the passion and faith that com keep love alive, Naini must tell the hard stories, one last time.

Interweaving a medieval adventure with the dilemmas of contemporary romance, The Last Storyteller draws ancient grace into modern lives through the powerful telling of stories.

Totally awesome, Check it out.

2008 ICCEC International Convocation

Wow. The convocation was great.
Naomi and I spent most of our time with the Benei Aor. A dance an drama team from Brazil and Alabama. We learned a dance called Flames that we performed in the Thursday night service. Special thanks to Gabriella who cut into her free time to give me some extra help with the choreography.
On Friday we (we being the Benei Aor and any other youth that wanted to come, I think that it came to a total of 150 youth) went to a YMCA and the Benei Aor performed there also. The Brazil team had a few dances and a drama called "don't touch". (Much to the delight of one of the girls at the Y who is from Brazil her self) The US team also performed some dances that they had worked on, and then both teams and the kids from the convocation who had joined them performed Flames together.
We went from there to protest at an abortion clinic. (carefully keeping within our rights to a peaceful protest) We did the liturgy for the unborn.
The most amazing part of the whole day was when the Benei Aor started their dance called Father of Life. We were at the clinic and it was a very hot day, only about half of us had any shade, it was getting rough on some of the younger kids. After the liturgy the Benei Aor started dancing...

Father of life draw me closer
Lord, my heart is set on you
Let me run the race of time
With you life unfolding mine
And let the peace of God
Let it reign

Oh Holy Spirit Lord my comfort
Strengthen me hold my head up high
And I stand upon your truth
Bringing glory unto you
And let the peace of God
Let it reign

(Chorus)
Oh Lord I hunger for more of you
Rise up within me let me know your truth
Oh Holy Spirit, saturate my soul
And let the life of God
Fill me now
Let your healing power
Breathe life and make me whole
And let the peace of God
Let it reign

Oh Holy Spirit Lord my comfort
Strengthen me hold my head up high
And I stand upon your truth
Bringing glory unto you
And let the peace of God
Let it reign

(Repeat chorus twice)

And let the life of God
Fill me now
Let your healing power
Breathe life and make me whole
And the peace of God
Let it reign

(repeat)

Almost instantly it started to rain, just enough to bring relief from the heat without soaking us. Isn't it wonderful how the with a little word play the Lord can make His presence known.
We did not have a very reliable camera and with each of us usually being in a different place it was difficult to get very many pictures of all of us. I don't even know what we did get yet (I should go track them down). But there were lots of others taking pictures and many of them have been posted on the ICCEC website.
Some of the sermons and speeches have been recorded and you can listen to them here.
Our newest priest and chaplain received his orders while at the convocation and was able to have Dad swear him in as a First Lieutenant at the Friday night service, the stories are here and here.