Turkey Day

Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US so my family is making the long trek from Indiana to come and visit me. I've been diligently working on my schoolwork this weekend so I can spend the rest of the week with them doing more interesting things (like knitting!).

Luckily, some of my homework was reading for my theology class and the text for that class is actually the manuscript of a book our professor is writing. It comes in a great big three ring binder and I can read and knit at the same time! Between reading theology at work (I work at the school library) and watching a couple of episodes of "Men in Trees" last night, I'm almost done with this furry beast:
Its a fun fur scarf, just plain garter stitch. The colorway, Copacabana, stripes itself and I think it looks like Rainbow Sherbet. Its bright and fun and will be perfect for some little girl somewhere. :-)

Savior of the Nations Come

I adore the season of Advent. The time of waiting before Christmas. The hymnody is hauntingly beautiful and the whole world seems to be anticipating something wonderful. In just a few weeks we'll have the Advent Lessons and Carols service at the seminary. I'm singing in the choir and playing handbells. The bells are doing a beautiful arrangement of "Savior of the Nations Come" which is now stuck in my head. I love it!

In the spirit of the upcoming season, I'm arranging a Stash Swap with the seminary knitting group. We'll all bring a skein or two of yarn we aren't going to use to our last meeting of the semester to exchange for something new and exciting from someone else. Hopefully we'll all find things to inspire us to do some holiday knitting during finals week!

In other news, the steering wheel cover was long enough and I did some minor surgery to attach it to the steering wheel today. I didn't have my camera on me so I'll have to show you a picture some other time.

We've got a break coming up next week and my family is coming to visit me for Thanksgiving. I'm hoping to have a lot of knitting time between the cooking and catching up. Look for more picture filled posts soon! For now, enjoy the yarn I'm going to turn into a beautiful shawl once my mom brings me the book with the pattern in it.

Jaeger Wool Silk
Colorway: Ageon Blue
8 oz/2540 yds

Its the perfect color for the season - the color of hope.

I think its time

So, I'm pretty sure that my other friends are sick and tired of my knitting related posts on my other blog. Most of my friends don't understand my string obsession. They give me funny looks when I order them to "pet the yarn!" (Its just so soft! You must touch it!!) They just don't get it.

In the interest of still having friends who aren't string-obsessed, I will post knitterly things on this blog instead. I do hope you'll enjoy!

Knitting History:
My grandmother on my dad's side taught me how to knit when I was in high school. When she died a little over a year ago, knitting became a way to still feel connected to her. Now I'm 24 years old and studying to become a pastor and knitting is what holds me together when life gets stressful. After Grandma taught me knitting and purling and knitting in the round on dpns, I've pretty much taught myself out of books and magazines.

Current WIP list:
- Green Tea Raglan from IK
- Bristow from Knitty
- 1st of a pair of entrelac socks
- 2nd of a pair of plain socks
- Montego Bay Scarf from IK

Ravelry ID: Revseminarian. Look me up and we'll be friends!