Oh Nuts

The beginning of the month marked the end of the 40 Week Photography challenge , though I ended up spreading it out more because I skipped a couple weeks. When I originally started writing this post in my head there was more than I wanted to say about doing the challenge, which it was some weeks, but now I don't remember what it was that I was going to say, which was going to be a lot more than this, but that's beside the point. Since I can't remember what else I was going to say here is a list of all 40 weeks. taken by me in Jamestown, RI Week 1 -  10:36 Week 2 -  Books Week 3 -  Black and White Week 4 -  Favorite Color Week 5 -  Street Week 6 -  Feet Week 7 -  Forks Week 8 -  Green Week 9 -  Key Week 10 -  One Thing You Can't Live Without Week 11 -  Pattern Week 12 -  Shoes Week 13 -  Smile Week 14 - Something Up Close Week 15 -  Something in Your Fridge Week 16 - Something Old Week ...

This is one of the easiest projects that I have done, but it is also one of the longest that I have taken to finish. This project started out as a blanket for my sister to take with her to college, but I didn’t finish it before she left (one of the squares still isn’t finished yet). Since I still wanted to use the four squares that I had already made my other sister suggested that I turn them into pillows. It took me a little while to get around to it, but I finally sewed the four completed squares together and made two small pillows for my sister and her fiancee to use in their home once they are married. I am planning on using the last two squares, one of which is still unfinished, to make either one more small pillow, with each square being a different color, or making two super small pillows out of each square, I still haven't decided yet but I will get to that eventually. They were pretty easy to make since each square used an entire skein of Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Den...

Stabat Mater 1. At the cross her station keeping,  stood the mournful mother weeping,  close to Jesus to the last  2. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,  all his bitter anguish bearing,  now at length the sword had passed.  3. Oh how sad and sore distressed  was that mother highly blessed,  of the sole-begotten One!  4. Christ above in torment hangs;  she beneath beholds the pangs  of her dying glorious Son.  5. Is there one who would not weep,  whelmed in miseries so deep  Christ's dear Mother to behold?  6. Can the human heart refrain  from partaking in her pain,  in that Mother's pain untold?  7. For the sins of His own nation  saw Him hang in desolation,  all with bloody scourges rent.  8. Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,  she beheld her tender child,  till His Spirit forth he sent.  9. ...

Since it's been a couple months since I last shared a knitting project, now is a good time for me to share one of the projects that I have been working on for a while. Anyhow back in November, we found out that one of my other cousin's was expecting their first, so I decided to make a blanket for the baby. When I started making the blanket I didn't know if they were going to wait to find out the gender or if they were going to find out right away so I pulled out the three skeins of pastel variegated yarn that I had and started working on the blanket. The pattern that I used is called Garter Rib Baby blanket , which I found on Ravelry, and it is very easy to work with, though there were a few times where I accidentally started messing up the pattern but caught myself in time to fix it. The yarn that I used is called 'Playground'  and the brand is Mary Maxim Baby Kashmere, and it took me all six skeins of yarn to complete it. And this is the first blanket that I ...