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Multi-tasking. Most of us are proficient at doing several things at one time. I can knit and watch television, knit and ride in vehicle, knit and listen to music.
Now I have over 200 channels to choose from every evening, and still I can’t find anything I want to watch. My hands were full and my mind was empty. At first I just sat with my knitting while random thoughts ran around in my head. Worrying thoughts, my kids---graduating, marrying, driving, working. My extended family---illness, divorce, job loss. So I thought, “Why not pray as I knit?”
Now for every stitch I knit, I ask God’s blessing, for everyone I know, for every cause under heaven.
Each scarf has at least 1000 stitches--each scarf has at least 1000 blessings.
My dad taught me to knit. He was not an artist, nor a designer, nor in the textile industry.
My dad was a cowboy with calloused, gnarled hands and the knowledge to teach a 10 year old girl to knit.
Dad learned to knit in a one-room school house in the Nebraska Sandhills. The teacher insisted everyone take up the needles and yarn. “You never know when it might come in handy…”
Like when a little girl needed new doll sweaters and blankets. With 2 sharp pencils and some multi-colored package string, dad taught me the basics. The next time we went to town, mom, (who couldn't knit) took me to the dime store and bought me real knitting needles and yarn.
Yes, Dad admired the lopsided blankets, the different sized booties, the odd skirts and sweaters. He showed me how not to add stitches when I didn't want them, and how to add if I wanted.
Finally, with much practice and reading of instructions, my knitting surpassed my dad's. But I haven't forgotten where I got my start. My dad, old cowboy with knitting needles!
1000 Blessings
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How 1000 Blessings came to be
Multi-tasking. Most of us are proficient at doing several things at one time. I can knit and watch television, knit and ride in vehicle, knit and listen to music.
Now I have over 200 channels to choose from every evening, and still I can’t find anything I want to watch. My hands were full and my mind was empty. At first I just sat with my knitting while random thoughts ran around in my head. Worrying thoughts, my kids---graduating, marrying, driving, working. My extended family---illness, divorce, job loss. So I thought, “Why not pray as I knit?”
Now for every stitch I knit, I ask God’s blessing, for everyone I know, for every cause under heaven.
Each scarf has at least 1000 stitches--each scarf has at least 1000 blessings.
On My Blessing List
- Alyce & Gerald Mentink
- Baby Ezra
- Becky Klein & family
- Carol Stearns & family
- Gaylord Dose (brother-in-law) ~ health
- Helen McConnell & family
- Jacy, Kerry, Koy
- Jay, Andy, Yvette, Jenny, Kyle
- Jerry Klein (brother-in-law) ~ health
- Kristi Mentink (neice) ~ health
- Larry Mentink & family
- Linda Dose & family
- Lisa Schmidt & family
- Rob Yllescas' family (war hero)
- Roger Applegarth & family
- Shane Hoover (nephew) ~ recovery
- Terry Mentink & family
- The Haack Family ~ comfort for loss of Jason
- Vonn Dubs age 8 (friend of my cousin) ~ health
- Yoga friends
Why knit? Why not!?
Hi--my name is Donna, and I am a knitter.
I am not an old grandma type,(although I am a grandma--a young grandma type). I like to think of myself as a Julia Roberts sort of knitter.
I knit for many reasons--
One is a connection to my father, yes my father! (see “Barney Applegarth Old Time Cowboy and Knitter”)
Also for stress-relief. Knitting is a relatively mindless activity yet it produces something lovely and useful.
Knitting is a diet aid. If your hands are full of needles and yarn; there can be no robotic snacking.
I am not an old grandma type,(although I am a grandma--a young grandma type). I like to think of myself as a Julia Roberts sort of knitter.
I knit for many reasons--
One is a connection to my father, yes my father! (see “Barney Applegarth Old Time Cowboy and Knitter”)
Also for stress-relief. Knitting is a relatively mindless activity yet it produces something lovely and useful.
Knitting is a diet aid. If your hands are full of needles and yarn; there can be no robotic snacking.
Barney Applegarth ~ ~~~~~~~~ Old Time Cowboy and Knitter
My dad taught me to knit. He was not an artist, nor a designer, nor in the textile industry.
My dad was a cowboy with calloused, gnarled hands and the knowledge to teach a 10 year old girl to knit.
Dad learned to knit in a one-room school house in the Nebraska Sandhills. The teacher insisted everyone take up the needles and yarn. “You never know when it might come in handy…”
Like when a little girl needed new doll sweaters and blankets. With 2 sharp pencils and some multi-colored package string, dad taught me the basics. The next time we went to town, mom, (who couldn't knit) took me to the dime store and bought me real knitting needles and yarn.
Yes, Dad admired the lopsided blankets, the different sized booties, the odd skirts and sweaters. He showed me how not to add stitches when I didn't want them, and how to add if I wanted.
Finally, with much practice and reading of instructions, my knitting surpassed my dad's. But I haven't forgotten where I got my start. My dad, old cowboy with knitting needles!
Hand Knitted Scarves
There are more than 1000 stitches in every scarf I make. The scarves are 3 or 4 inches wide and approximatley 72 inches long including the fringe.