Vogue Knitting

I heart this wrap!
Can't you almost feel the crunchy leaves under your feet and the taste of sweet apple cider?
It's a free Vogue knitting pattern.
You can visit the site by clicking onto the photo.
Of course, a truly organized knitter would have whipped this up during the sultry months of July and August.
Me? I knitted socks. What?
Okay, I only knitted two pair....well....almost done with the last sock.
I'm off to knit a few more rounds so I can start on this wrap.....or another sock.

Knitting Organized

I got the most emails, I believe, from women who wanted to know if I gave lessons on folding sheets and organizing linen closets.
It got me noticing my knit "stash." Everything is lined up according to color, facing the same way.
I just enjoy order, like the stitches on my summer socks.
Each tiny knit stitch is perfect and lined up in a row. (Uh, when you say PER-fect, you have to say it like Martha Stewart).
When we try a challenge, it's a "tall order."
When a meeting begins, it's "called to order."
When things are topsy-turvy, it's "out of order."
I like things systematized, like the old library card files....
Oh, now there's a subject dear to my heart.
I'd SO like to have one of those blonde-colored oak library files. Remember those?

Knitted Summer Sock

I'm taking my time with these summer knitted socks and truly enjoying every stitch because I like the silk blend of the yarn.
I can knit English and Continental style, but these I'm sticking with English so the stitches will be tight and perfect.
The sound of the stainless double-pointed needles clicking and gliding have soothed my spirit.
Something about this summer has been deeply relaxing, unlike any summer I can remember, so when I slip these socks onto my feet as the weather cools down to "chilly," I'll remember the calm and joy of Summer '09 and will be glad I made these summer socks.

New Sock

I starting a new pair of knitted summer socks on US #2 Double Pointed Needles. The yarn's from Italy. The colors look like a field of wild flowers.

The fiber: 40% cotton, 40% merino wool & 20% nylon. Yum.

It always amazes me how perfect those little knitted stitches are. They're very uniform. That's my goal. *sigh of content*

As I studied each stitch it made me wonder...

If stitches could talk, would a bunch of them whine because they weren't "special?" Would one stitch snarl at the stitches on either side, "You're just a bunch of conformists and you should think for yourselves?"

Would there be stitch yelling that everyone else was copying? Would the heather blue stitches envy the golden stitches? Would there be a stitch screaming at another to grow a spine and not be so stinking flexible?

Would the stitch that may have a tiny more cotton feel plain? Would the more woolen stitch look at the stitch with a bit more nylon in its strand as artificial?

Hummmmm.....

If my stitches knit they way they should, and the way I want, I'll be very pleased with my socks.

If not, I rip stitches out and start over....from the beginning if I have to. It would be a little frustrating, but I want socks that fit and socks that don't have a gaping hole or sloppy stitches.

How many times has our Heavenly Father had to "start over" with us until we finally yield to His skilled hands?

Don't you think He's pleased when we accept His decisions for our life?

Psalm 139:14 says, "Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - and how well I know it."