Works With Her Hands

I have a lot of appointments. Sometimes I feel like I am in a different doctor's office several times a week. My life revolves around me waiting. So, to keep myself busy, I crochet. To be honest, I can crochet all day long if I didn't have responsibilities like kids. (sigh) Be productive, Wendy. Do something good with your hands Wendy. That I can do!  I was gifted A LOT of cotton yarn to help with animal rescue projects and any other projects I could find. And the mission began. What a perfect mini project for a waiting room or any other quiet time I can steal. I have a beloved friend that works with the homeless. Along with other volunteers, her and her family makes hundreds of sandwiches and then on Sunday evenings, they serve members of their community that are struggling. It's humbling to know that a sandwich could be their only meal that day. It got me thinking about what I could do with my hands and yarn that could help too? I started to research and I kep...

"She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands." (KJV Proverbs 31:13) "Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber." (NLT Proverbs 31:19) Proverbs 31, the woman's ABCs of conduct.  Two of my favorite verses in this chapter and the foundation for my little business and this blog: Works With Her Hands To me, the art of thread work; whether it be sewing, crochet, knitting, cross-stitch, embroidery, and quilting,without the need of a machine, is fading into history and something told from stories of old. This blog will be craft related. Different projects I am working on. New designs I want to share. The call for arms to save our ABC's for the next generation and generations to come. To make things that mean something and will last. To create something that can be touched and smell the love of the hands that created it.   How do we change that? Well, as of right now: with one disaster and a call for ...