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WIP Wednesday: a Color Kabob and a Teaser

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Welcome to Wednesday! This week is launch week for my friend Tara’s new bookbook, Embracing The Body! I’m so excited for her! The book’s official release date is this Friday, March 13. In celebration I’ll be interviewing her on the blog that day. I do hope you’ll come back and learn more about Tara and her passion for wholeness. If you have any questions for Tara, let me know in the comments.

In the mean time, it’s WIP Wednesday and time for the link-up at Small Things. I’ve been pretty busy this week!

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The Hook

I’ve made a bit of progress on the squares for my Magnum Opus. The official count is 28 squares.

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When February turned to March, decided that it was time I changed the decorations outside my front door.  I took down my Winter berry garland and exchanged my snowman doormat for a more Springy one. But, Oh! Does my door look plain now! That must be remedied! So, I started a flower garland using this pattern. I’m trying to somewhat match the colors to my doormat, which is fairly bright.

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I wound up with this cute little kabob of color.

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I wasn’t intending to make a rainbow, and I may not use all of those colors (not sold on the orange), but they sure are pretty all together like that. I think I need a few more flowers as these are smaller than my bunting triangles and stars.

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The Book

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Oh my stars! This book! I’m loving it, but I have to admit that I haven’t gotten very far. For me, this book is wonderfully thought-provoking, and I find that I want to read a bit and let it marinate before reading more. The last chapter I read really got me (in a good way) and I had to do some processing before moving on. Processing that may find itself here on the blog. It really is a good book, and I reccomend it highly. But, as LeVar Burton used to say, you don’t have to take my word for it:

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The Needles

I’m continuing to make progress on Lexie’s new bloom. I’m into the third diamond lace repeat. It should easily be done by her birthday in two weeks. I can’t believe she’ll be one in just two weeks!

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I also cast on a bit of “TV knitting” in the form of these fingerless mitts. I’m just about to the thumb on the first mitt.

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That about concludes this edition of WIP Wednesday. Please do come back on Friday for my chat with Tara.

Have a great day!

~Janet

WIP Wednesday: Progress and Periodicals

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The Books

I’m continuing to sporadically read God For Us. I wish I was more disciplined in keeping up with my daily readings, but, as I did for Advent, I’m letting go of the need to do this perfectly. I’m enjoying what I am reading. I missed last Friday’s reading and looked back at it yesterday, only to discover that one of the scripture readings was Isaiah 58 — the very same verses I quoted in my post on that same day!

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The second “book” is the Winter 2015 issue of Compassion Magazine, the quarterly publication from Compassion International. I’ve been a sponsor with Compassion for nearly 20 years, and I look forward to this magazine coming. It’s filled with wonderful stories of God’s work through Compassion. Every so often, the issue highlights one of the countries where I have a sponsor child, which is an added bonus. 🙂

I’m also spending a lot of time in this book:

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More on that later. 😉

The Needles

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I’m making great progress on Lexie’s new bloom. I just completed the ribbed bodice and have moved onto the skirt portion. My hands are going to be relieved to be done with all that purling! I love getting to this point in this pattern because the garment takes a more obvious shape.

That about does it for me today. I’ll be linking up with the Yarn Along at Ginny’s. Have a blessed rest of your Wednesday.

~Janet

WIP Wednesday: Through The Portal

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Hey! It’s still Wednesday! Time for my link up to the Yarn Along. Here is what I’m knitting and reading, and dare I admit that I was doing both at the same? When you can’t put down your knitting, and you really can’t put down your book (or tablet, in my case), doing both is the only option. 😉

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The Book

I mentioned before Advent that I had I was starting a new book by a brand new author called Portals of Water and Wine. I only read the first chapter and then paused for Advent. Well, I restarted it last night from the beginning, and I’m hooked! I love it! It’s the kind of book where I find myself coming up for air and realize hours have passed. In fact, I liked it so much that I drained the battery on my tablet and had to continue on my phone. 🙂 Portals is in the fantasy genre, so it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. However, if if you like that sort of story and would like to support a new author, check it out.

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The Needles

I’m making good progress on my Beyond Puerperium cardigan. I’m trying to have it done by Saturday so I can get it mailed. I decided to borrow from another of the designer’s patterns (TAMA) and joined the cardigan in the round after dividing for the sleeves.

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And now it is Thursday…well, by 30 minutes.

Have a great rest of your Thursday!

~Janet