Advent, Day 6

Today the Advent moment is Joseph in jail. You can't even see Joseph, the guy holding the cup is the King's Cup-bearer who eventually told the Pharoah about Joseph in jail.



I get a kick out of the key hanging by the door (reminds me of the Mayberry jail) and the rat.

This would so not be the moment I would chose from Joseph's life story. Everyone always knows about Joseph's coat of many colors, and I think that would be fun to embroider, but this moment does show much more clearly how God was in control of everything that happened to Joseph; even the things that seemed to be horrible.

Advent, Day 5

This is Jacob, running away from home because of something he did himself, having a dream. Check out the stone for his pillow! I always imagined the angels going up and down the ladder when I was a kid.



Sorry to be so late in posting, I am having computer issues.

Advent, Day 4

For day 4 we have the story of Abraham and Isaac; God asked Abraham if he would be willing to give up his son. Abraham was willing, and God stopped him from killing Isaac as a sacrifice; and provided a ram, caught in the thicket instead. This is a foretelling of God sacrificing his own Son for our salvation.



Again, we have the sun with a face, and several different flowers in the meadow. I love the different textures and colors of the ground!

Advent, Day 3

Here are Abram and Sarai (not Abraham and Sarah yet) when God called them to travel to the land of Caanan. God had called Abram's father, but he had given up on the journey before reaching the land God would show him; Abram and Sarai followed through. You can see them here preparing for the trip, they look like they are packing!



They were leaving a pretty good place too, can you see the fruit in the trees and the plentiful water? Sometimes it is hard to follow where God leads!

December 2

Here is Noah's Ark, floating on top of a water-covered world. Mary apologized for reversing the colors of the rainbow because she didn't want to put the blue water by the blue color. I really like the angels holding the rainbow up; the grape vines reference a sadder part of the story.



I love the wave pattern!

First day of December--Advent

Here is the first square for Mary Beale's Advent calendar, Adam and Eve, right at the moment before Eve takes a bite.

 

This was a good one to start with, because of all the flowers on the ground. It took a long time with a lot of color changes, showing what the whole series would be like. I like all the wild-life too, butterflies and bees. The sun and the moon have faces too; I think this is the only square with that.

See you tomorrow!

Winter is coming

I don't know if I mentioned how much I am loving knitting mittens. It is a small project, but with a lot of gratification for finishing a pair. Here is the pair of mittens that started it all, with a scarf, a tam and a beanie. These are for my cousin who lives in Michigan. I hope she likes them!



Here is a second set of mittens I finished; they are from a kit from KnitPicks; a pair of mittens for every winter month. These are the October mittens with falling leaves and acorns on the thumbs. I love the colors... but the thumbs are a little tight. But I have 5 more sets to make, so by the end I should be an expert, right?



I am working on a set of wrist-warmers for DD2; luckily she caught me in time. She had admired a set of gauntlets from my new Vogue Mitten book (I told you, I'm a little obsessed) but after I had cast them on, she realized they went over coat sleeves, and she wanted something a little smaller.

DD1 has put in an order too, and I'm making something for my sister, plus a little bit of Christmas knitting, so I better get back to it.

I am planning on sharing my Mary Beale Advent Calendar, starting tomorrow; I have 23 of the 24 days done. Hopefully I will get done with the 24th one too, before I need it on Christmas Eve. The pressure is on!