Family Update November 9

Things have been pretty crazy for us lately. I've been knitting up a storm getting ready for Christmas... lets just say there are a few people who will be getting hats or scarfs this year.. I will post pictures and more info on these after Christmas. Mom will be starting chemo this week and I have picked out a few hats to make for her when her hair is gone. I will be knitting the Sock it to me Cabled Cap, It all Comes Together Beret and a Lace Trim Chemo Cap. I quit my job this week so that I will be able to take care of her when things get bad. Fortunately the tests she had last week showed that there is no cancer in her body, but there is something else wrong and more tests will need to be done to determine what that is. Because mom will need someone with her in the mornings, Jeff and I have decided to postpone moving out  in order to stay close to family at this time.

It's amazing how easy it was to come to this decision. I cant tell you how much I have been looking forward to and planning moving into our own place. Every conversation I had could be redirected to moving. I guess at some point I realized how selfish I have become. I want to move out so I can spend more time with Jeff. I want to have a place all of my own. I have to have a job... it just keeps going. Suddenly Sunday night I realized how self-centered our plans were. After discussing it with Jeff we decided I should quit so that mom can have constant care. I cant begin to describe the peace we have in making this decision. There will always be time to have a place of our own... mom might not always be around.  I'm excited to see what God has in store for us as we go through this, not to mention it will be nice to sleep in again :)

The basics of knitting: Knit Stitch

A friend and I were talking the other day and it seems she has forgotten some of her basics. I thought this would be a good opportunity to go over the basics of the knit stitch.

Knit Stitch

Remember that when you are making a knit stitch the bump of yarn created by the stitch will end up on the backside of your work.The way I remember how to knit stitch is as follows

• First make sure you have your hands set up properly with the needle that has all the cast on stitches in your left hand and the empty needle in your right hand. 
• You then stick the point of the empty needle in your right hand into the first stitch at the end of your left hand needle. You will stick it in to the loop from the bottom keeping your empty left needle behind your full left needle : Since you want the bump in the back of your work, you stick the needle into the bottom of the stitch and back of the other needle.
• Then you wrap your yarn tail around the back of the needles then between them
• Catch the yarn between the two needles with your right hand needles (this will cause a new stitch to appear on your right hand needle)
• slide the stitch you had been working with from your left hand needle

 REMEMBER: for knit stitch the bump goes in the back so you insert from the bottom and wrap around the back.

The Beginning of Blogging

Well, I have finally decided to begin a blog to keep track of our family memories, as well as our big projects. I also hope to be able to share what God is doing in our lives through this blog as well. I'm pretty excited sharing our journey and stories with you all.