- Cider House Rules
- Harry Potter & Sorcerer
- Any 4 Women Could Rob the Bank of
- Homestead
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- The Pilot’s Wife
- The Kin of Ata
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- Hammer of
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood
- A Summons to
- Red Azalea
- Daughter of Fortune
- Saving Graces
- While Oleander
- Harry Potter & Chamber
- Heart Earth
Friday, August 8, 2008
Books - 2000
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thunderstorm
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It's a story about a recent thunderstorm in Portland. I'm the one being interviewed that didn't hear a thing.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
PRAYER SHAWL INFORMATION
Information on the Shawl Ministries:
http://www.shawlministry.com/
http://www.waitingroomministry.com/newSite/index.php
WEBSITES FOR LIONS BRAND YARNS
http://cache.lionbrand.com/yarns/homespun.htm
http://www.joann.com/
SHAWL INSTRUCTIONS
Knit Version
This works very well using the Lions Brand Homespun yarn found at Fred Meyer, Target, Joann’s Fabrics. You can also get it at the Lions Brand or Joann’s Fabric websites.
You will need 3 skeins of the Lions Brand HOMESPUN yarn and size 13 single pointed knitting needles. Our experience shows that metal needles are pretty slippery so if you can choose plastic or wood.
Cast on 63 stitches or any multiple of three, in odd numbers: 57 or 63 works well.
First row Knit 3, purl 3 to the end of the row.
Repeated row Turn and knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches.
Before starting the 3rd skein, cut your yarn for the fringe, which can be from 3 inches to 9 inches long. Knot the ends of the fringes to keep the yarn from frizzing.
Crochet Version
Size K – 10.5
4 skeins of Lions Brand HOMESPUN yarn.
GAUGE:
5 V-Sts and 7 rows = 5½ [14 cm]
Gauge Swatch: 6"w x 5½" h [5.25 cm x 14 cm] BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
SHAWL
Before you start: Cut your yarn for the fringe, which can be from 3 inches to 9 inches long. Knot the ends of the fringes to keep the yarn from frizzing.
First Half
Ch 51, place marker in third ch from hook to mark st placement.
Row 1 (Right side): (dc, ch 2, dc) in sixth ch from hook, *skip next 2 chs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch; repeat from * across to last 3 chs, skip next 2 chs, dc in last ch: 32 sts and 15 ch2 sps.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc, now and throughout), turn; (dc, ch 2, dc) in each ch2 sp across to last dc, skip last dc, dc in next ch: 32 dc and 15 ch2 sps.
Row 3: Ch 3, turn; (dc, ch 2, dc) in each ch2 sp across to last 2 dc, skip next dc, dc in last dc.
Repeat Row 3 until piece measures approximately 36" [91.5 cm] from beginning ch.
Finish off.
Second Half
With right side facing and working in free loops of beginning ch, join yarn with slip st in first ch; ch 3, skip next 2 chs, *(dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch, skip next 2 chs; repeat from * across to marked ch, dc in marked ch: 32 dc and 15 ch2 sps.
Repeat Row 3 of First Half until Second Half measures approximately 36" [91.5 cm] from beginning ch
Shawl should measure a total of 72" [183 cm].
Finish off.
http://www.shawlministry.com/
http://www.waitingroomministry.com/newSite/index.php
WEBSITES FOR LIONS BRAND YARNS
http://cache.lionbrand.com/yarns/homespun.htm
http://www.joann.com/
SHAWL INSTRUCTIONS
Knit Version
This works very well using the Lions Brand Homespun yarn found at Fred Meyer, Target, Joann’s Fabrics. You can also get it at the Lions Brand or Joann’s Fabric websites.
You will need 3 skeins of the Lions Brand HOMESPUN yarn and size 13 single pointed knitting needles. Our experience shows that metal needles are pretty slippery so if you can choose plastic or wood.
Cast on 63 stitches or any multiple of three, in odd numbers: 57 or 63 works well.
First row Knit 3, purl 3 to the end of the row.
Repeated row Turn and knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches.
Before starting the 3rd skein, cut your yarn for the fringe, which can be from 3 inches to 9 inches long. Knot the ends of the fringes to keep the yarn from frizzing.
Crochet Version
Size K – 10.5
4 skeins of Lions Brand HOMESPUN yarn.
GAUGE:
5 V-Sts and 7 rows = 5½ [14 cm]
Gauge Swatch: 6"w x 5½" h [5.25 cm x 14 cm] BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
SHAWL
Before you start: Cut your yarn for the fringe, which can be from 3 inches to 9 inches long. Knot the ends of the fringes to keep the yarn from frizzing.
First Half
Ch 51, place marker in third ch from hook to mark st placement.
Row 1 (Right side): (dc, ch 2, dc) in sixth ch from hook, *skip next 2 chs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch; repeat from * across to last 3 chs, skip next 2 chs, dc in last ch: 32 sts and 15 ch2 sps.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc, now and throughout), turn; (dc, ch 2, dc) in each ch2 sp across to last dc, skip last dc, dc in next ch: 32 dc and 15 ch2 sps.
Row 3: Ch 3, turn; (dc, ch 2, dc) in each ch2 sp across to last 2 dc, skip next dc, dc in last dc.
Repeat Row 3 until piece measures approximately 36" [91.5 cm] from beginning ch.
Finish off.
Second Half
With right side facing and working in free loops of beginning ch, join yarn with slip st in first ch; ch 3, skip next 2 chs, *(dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch, skip next 2 chs; repeat from * across to marked ch, dc in marked ch: 32 dc and 15 ch2 sps.
Repeat Row 3 of First Half until Second Half measures approximately 36" [91.5 cm] from beginning ch
Shawl should measure a total of 72" [183 cm].
Finish off.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Jeri's Book List 2000 to present
Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)
2000
1. Cider House Rules
2. Harry Potter & Sorcerer
3. Any 4 Women Could Rob the Bank of
4.
5. Snow Falling on Cedars
6.
7. The Pilot’s Wife
8. The Kin of Ata
9. Tuesdays with Morrie
10. Hammer of
11. Memoirs of a Geisha
12. Divine Secrets of the Yaya Sisterhood
13. A Summons to
14. Red Azalea
15. Daughter of Fortune
16. Saving Graces
17. While Oleander
18. Harry Potter & Chamber
19. Heart Earth
2001
1. Harry Potter and Prisoner
2. When the Wind Blows
3.
4. Castro’s
2004
1. East of
2.
3. The Case for Christ
4. The Girl with the
5. The Red Tent
6. The History of God
7. 23rd Psalm
8. What Child is This?
2005
1. The House on
2. Dr. Phil’s Weight Loss Solution
3. The Great Divorce
4. Father Joe
5. The Funny Thing Is…
6. The Secret Life of Bees
7. The Heart of a Woman
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
9. The DaVinci Code
10. Egermeier’s Bible Story Book
11. The Book of Ruth
12. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
13. Gap Creek
14. Stones From a River
15. Cry The Beloved Country
16. The Known World
17. Prodigal Summer
18. Amazing Grace
19. Ruth Graham Bell
20. Kite Runner
21. Life of Pi
22. Much
23. Naked
24. Undaunted Courage
25. Peace Prayer
26. The Good Earth
27. Women in the New Testament
28. Reading Lolita in
29. Opera for Dummies
30. Into Thin Air
31. The Wisdom of Forgiveness (Dalai Lama)
32. Death Comes for the Archbishop
33. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
34. My Antonia
35. In Search of Paul
36. Five Year Plan
37. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
38. Seeking God
39. Breakfast with Jesus
40. The entire HOLY BIBLE
41. We Belong to the Land
42. Quilters Apprentice
43. Round Robin Quilt
2006
1. Cross Country Quilters
2. Runaway Quilt
3. Quilters Legacy
4. Deception Point
5. The Four Agreements
6. Angels and Demons
7. Digital Fortress
8. Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress
9. Song of Solomon
10. The Bluest Eye
11. Hornet Flight
12. Blood Brothers
13. Breakfast with Jesus
14. Words of Wisdom
15. Madame Bovary
16. The Moon is Down
17. The Trouble with Islam
18. Food for Life
19. Anne Frank: A Diary Of A Young Girl
20. Blessings
21. Light from Heaven
22. Scarlet Letter
23. Shepherds Abiding
24. Gauguin
25. Three Junes
26. The Bookseller of
27. A Common Life
28. Cure for the Common Life
29. Our Endangered Values
30. The
31. At Home In Mitford
32. A New Song
33. In This Mountain
34. These High Green Hills
35. A Light in the Window
36. Colour Schemes
37. Joy Comes In The Morning
38. Surprised by Joy
39. Hiding Place
40.
41. Robinson Crusoe
42. Confederacy of Dunces
43. Still Life
44. Cat Stories
45. Tortilla Curtain
46. Jesus Creed
47. Jack Dawes
48. Smoke Jumper
49. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
50. The Mermaid Chair
51. Harry Potter and the Order of the
52.
53. To Kill a Mockingbird
54. Freakonomics
55. Out to
56. A Lesson Before Dying
57. The World is Flat
58. Blink
2007
1. A New Kind of Christian
2. Touching the Holy
3. Guns, Germs and Steel
4. Love, Medicine & Miracles
5.
6. Brunellechi’s Dome
7. Audacity of Hope
8. The Miracles of Santo Fico
9. A Year to Live
10. Master Quilter
11. The Soloist
12. Walking the Bible
13. The Road from Coorain
14. Lying Awake
15. Sudden Country
16. The City of Fallen Angels
17. Memory Keepers Daughter
18. The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance
19. Harry Potter & the Order of the
20. The Birth of Venus
21. At Home in Mitford
22. I Heard The Owl Call My Name
23. Pack It Up
24. Renaissance – A Short Introduction
25. Michelangelo
26. Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
27. Praying the Names of Jesus
28. Galileo’s Daughter
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