Fall is definitely here and the weather in the Midwest has started to get pretty chilly at night. It's time to pull out your favorite afghan or start working on a new one. Today's Mosaic Monday is a little fall afghan inspiration from my Grandma Harvey's collection that I mentioned last week here. I love the warm colors and neat textures. Enjoy!
Each mosaic is unique and has it's own story to tell.
Several years ago I was looking for a way to get out of the house and spend some time yarn crafting. I needed the people and I needed the relaxation. I also wanted to give back to my local community. Out of all of that Yarn Blessings was born. Yarn Blessings has evolved to be an ecumenical outreach ministry with a focus on fellowship and giving to our local community.
Initially we focused on prayer shawls but we soon expanded to include lap robes, baby blankets, hats and scarves for local community giving. Each person is encouraged to make whatever project they are the most comfortable with but I do like to give us a project focus each month so we can have a plan for community giving.
**Monthly Project Focus**
January - Scarves & Hats, Shawls & Lap Robes
February - Scarves & Hats, Shawls & Lap Robes
March - Shawls & Lap Robes
April - Shawls & Lap Robes
May - Shawls & Lap Robes
June, July, August & September - Baby Blankets and Sweaters
October, November & December - Warm Hats, Scarves & Gloves for service organizations
Do you knit or crochet? Would you like to learn? Yarn Blessings would like to invite you to participate in an ongoing ecumenical outreach ministry through the creation of prayer shawls, lap blankets, hats & scarves and baby sweaters & blankets. These items will then be given to persons who are ill, have suffered a loss, are in the midst of a life change or crisis or who could use the warmth of our prayers.
Our local fellowship group meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays of every month at 10 am at Signs of Life coffee shop in downtown Lawrence, KS.
For more information please contact us at Yarnblessings@gmail.com
Join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/YarnBlessings
"We always thank God for you, mentioning you in our prayers."
1 Thessalonians 1:2
How can Knitting and Crochet make us better? That was the question that Lion Brand Yarn asked it's loyal followers in 2010 and were overwhelmed by the responses. The video below shares just a few of the amazing responses they were able to collect on the Lion Brand Notebook. To see all of the responses, see the first post here and the follow-up here. Enjoy!
Lately crocheting has been bittersweet for me. A person that I loved with my whole heart taught me how to crochet when we were getting to know each other. We are no longer together but I still have those memories and they make me smile. Crochet has opened up a whole new world for me. I have met some amazing people and continued to sharpen and learn new skills.
Now I know enough to share this gift with others. My daughter has shown a real interest. I bought some new hooks with her in mind. One day soon this year we will sit down and I will start to explain just how to make her first chain. My son is a little young yet but I know he appreciates the art involved. He is so proud of the blanket I make for him as a baby. He sleeps with it every night.
I know that yarn can make us better. It helps me to focus and reach a calm place after a hectic day. It helps me to express myself in ways I hadn't been able to do before with color and texture. It is a worthy craft.
How Knitting and Crocheting Make Us Better
Yarn crafters can be easily distracted with new ideas and the amazing new yarns we come across both in our local yarn shops and online. It is also so hard to keep us from a clearance sale when it comes to our chosen medium. You would be quite proud of me last week when I selected several skeins of yarn on clearance at Michael's and decided to put them all back. I realized that I wasn't that thrilled with them and was only contemplating purchase because they were so discounted.
After awhile no matter how focused we try to be we end up with a pile of unfinished items staring at us in our crafty spaces. Fellow yarn crafters call them U.F.O's - Unfinished Objects and know them all too well. I think the worse ones are when you have printed the pattern and bought the yarn but haven't even started. I have a couple of those, too.
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