W.I.P. Wednesday

 

 

I am taking a small break (maybe until after the first of the year) from making prayer shawls.

One of my church members, who has an incredible testimony, works with a ministry for the homeless called "Feet on the Street Ministries" (FOTS)

Well...They put out a call for some needs and one thing I heard mentioned was warm hats...so I decided to make what I am calling "Prayer Hats"

Before I start crocheting one, I pray for the person that will receive it and when I am finished with it, I pray for the person again.  I don't know who will receive them.  There are mostly men that come to FOTS in need.  So I am making men hats (of course women can wear them too but I am choosing colors that would appeal more to men).  I pray that the person that receives the hat will be protected from harm, that they will come to know God and that they will be able to beat what-ever challenges they have so they will be able to stop living on the streets.

My goal is to make 20 of them.  So far, I have completed 4...wish me luck.

Finish It Friday - Prayer Shawl 3

 

 I finished my Call-The-Midwife Prayer Shawl.

I mentioned earlier that it was originally a shawl, turned into a baby blanket and I was turning it back into a shawl.

Well...I was a bit off...turns out, the original pattern called a "Shawl" means something different then the kind of shawl I typically think of.

To most people in the U.S., anyway, a shawl is a covering around your head and/or shoulders.  However, in the U.K., a shawl means that but can also mean and heirloom wrap for a baby.

British English: shawl /ʃɔːl/ NOUN. A shawl is a large piece of woollen cloth worn over the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby to keep it warm. American English: shawl /ˈʃɔl/

 

Therefore, the shawl that was originally written was actually a baby blanket...but I turned it into a shoulder shawl.   

I am happy with how it came out and I hope it brings the receiver a lot of comfort.

 

 

WIP Wednesday - Prayer Shawl 3

 I have always wanted to make the Call The Midwife Blanket - it is so named because the blanket appeared on the BBC/PBS Program "Call the Midwife" and it became a very much desired pattern.

Look at the wee baby - so cute but that blanket - so, so cute!!  Of course Call the Midwife has lots of beautiful knit and crochet baby items - so sweet!!

Well..I don't know anyone having a baby and I, myself, do  not need a baby blanket so I thought the pattern would make a great prayer shawl for someone at my church.  

As it turns out...the pattern was actually a shawl FIRST, turned into a baby blanket, so I am turning it back into a shawl.

The original Block Shawl was in Patons Shawls by Beehive (Book # 129), which costed a whole 65 cents back in the day.  It used Patons Beehive Baby fil Bebe Solids yarn, which is no longer made.  So, since the yarn was discontinued, so was the pattern.

Luckily though, Call the Midwife, made it popular again.

I wanted to make the pattern in that beautiful soft baby yellow, that I saw on the show, so I decided to make the shawl that color too...hopefully the recipient likes yellow - it is such a pretty, cheerful color.

I am using Red Heart Super Savers in Pale Yellow

It is a fun pattern and easy to memorize (7 row repeat) - I'm glad to have something that is working  up so quickly since the last shawl took so long to make.  I hope I can finish it by Sunday so I can take it to church to give to our Prayer Shawl coordinator.

My little yarn snatcher wanted to model for me in this photo, where I am trying to show the width of the shawl.

McDonald's - ** Sigh **

 I am a patient person...a VERY patient person but man I can see why someone loses it when they visit a fast food place.

I don't go to fast food often...but yesterday after church, I really, really wanted an iced tea and didn't want to stop, get out of the car, go inside QT, pay, go back to the car, etc. 

I passed McDonald's and there was incredibly NO ONE at the drive through (maybe that should have been my first hint).  There was also no customers inside because this particular McDonald's is still only serving through drive through due to short staff (they say).

Here is how it goes...

I pull up to the drive through speaker

McD's Employee:  "Welcome to McDonald's, go ahead with your order"

Me: "I will have a large unsweetened tea with extra ice"

McD's Employee: "A large sweet tea?"

Me: "No, a large UNSWEET tea, please, with extra ice"

McD's Employee: "1.08, please drive up"

I am now at the pay window - remember, I am the only customer there

McD's Employee: <sticks out hand>

Me: <Gave her one dollar bill and a dime>>

McD's Employee: <<Talking to co worker about her Thanksgiving...while holding change in her hand...finally remembers me and gives me change>>

I now pull forward to the other window

McD's Employee:  <<opens window and looks confused as to why I am there...after looking around a bit, says "You had a sweet tea?"

Me: No ma'am, an UNsweet tea, with EXTRA ice please.

McD's Employee: "Sweet?"

Me: No, please, and UNsweet tea, with EXTRA ice - thank you.  (I said it nicely, I promise)

McD's employee hands me the drink below and walks away from the window.

 

 

I am SO GLAD I asked for EXTRA ice - not once, not twice but FOUR times - if I hadn't, I guess I wouldn't have gotten any ice at all.

At least it was Unsweetened.  

** SIGH **

Is the problem with fast food places really that they are short staffed or that they can't find people smart enough to pay attention to their one and only customer?

Ay ya ya!!!

Prayer Shawl - Done!

 Oh my goodness!  I thought I would NEVER finish this prayer shawl.  It is by far the biggest thing I think I have knitted.  I have prayed and prayed a long time for the person that will be receiving this shawl (I don't know yet who it will go to since it will go to the next person in need of one), but let me tell you...as long as I worked on this and the number of hours that went into it, the person will be covered in prayers.

I enjoyed making the shawl, it was a fun pattern and it was easy to memorize.  My only complaint was that I never thought I would finish those decreases since you only decrease one stitch every 4th row.  Whew!

At any rate...it is finished...now I will finally start another one, but the next one will be crochet and will not be as huge as this one was.  

Yarn: Caron Cakes in Vanilla Bean
Needle: US 8

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