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I welcome your opinion so feel free to COMMENT on any post.FIBERS OF GRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03123841117689071954noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286647194051768017.post-84626012251714463092013-12-20T05:21:00.002-05:002013-12-20T18:07:28.895-05:00Wonderful words!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Make these wonderful "inspiring word ornaments" <a href="http://www.allfreekidscrafts.com/Kids-Christmas-Crafts/Inspirational-Ornaments/ct/1" target="_blank">This is a really nice craft, for all year long, I love these! Use your fav word in your own creation!</a></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Makes a truly nice looking item you could keep up all year round!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #e06666;">Shalom,</span></div><div><span style="color: #e06666;">Grace</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">I am happy to learn needle tatting and shuttle tatting, yippee,</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">And I am starting to catch on!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Here is the class for shuttle tatting </span><a href="http://www.craftsy.com/class/Shuttle-Tatting/89?_ct=sbqii-jxucu-byij-ycw&_ctp=2&_egg=sekhiu_wqbbuho_20131031&_ege=89" target="_blank">At Craftsy.com</a><span style="color: #e06666;">! </span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"> I am learning about needle tatting from this great blog <a href="http://totusmel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://totusmel.blogspot.com/</a> She has a lot of neat ideas and free patterns.</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"> Visit <a href="http://www.hhtatting.com/" target="_blank">A fantastic store just for all kinds of tatting supplies!</a> For wonderful supplies and a fabulous catalogue you can ask for that is free, and a surprise inside. </span></h2>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"> Another place for great needle tat needles is<a href="http://www.havelssewing.com/" target="_blank">They have wonderful tatting needles , scissors, more!</a></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Because of my strokes, it is almost impossible to Use my left hand to shuttle tat, however I find needle tatting so much easier to do. I pray to make some gifts!</span><br>
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">This is the poorest we have ever been, my honey lost his teaching job 18 mosaic. They got rid of all</span><br>
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Teachers at school the longest.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Get some mistletoe, for kisses are free. </span></span><br>
<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Shalom, grace</span><br>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/5RyJUoLc6fA" target="_blank">INJECTION DYING YARN</a> is fun, but I think a needle like that would be hard to find..<script type="text/javascript">
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<a href="http://youtu.be/IwmxrhD-1Yo" target="_blank">A FUN WAY TO SOCK YARN DYE, Looks pretty nice too.</a></div>
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This blog has been late in getting updated because in last fall I had a life changing encounter with Cerebral infractions, four of the , to be exact. Not only did this come with the worst headache of my life and lasted six wks, I lost use of right arm, right hand and left leg.
Now I am in occupational therapy, I squeeze a sponge and play with silicone clay And do HARD exercises!!
I lost my spinning ability , both w dop spindle and wheel. I can not yet crochet, but after five depressing months, I finally got to knit a tiny bit of yo, k 2 tog lace!!! yippee.
I am even more handicapped overall than I was prior... But when I knitted that bit of lace on huge needles, I was so happy !!!
A bit of advice to you my friend. Learn to relax, don ' t be uptight like I was . I had been on BP pills for 30 years, but in trying to cut back on the many drugs I must take, last May I decided to stop taking them, it was ok with my doctor. However I never thought of daily stress . It just kept piling on me until I was stricken. Now, besides my other numerous issues I have this additional headache that rises when I get stressed.
This week I got even more really bad news, a death, another almost died, and I was given terrible news about my lungs.
However it is proven that creativity helps manage or stop pain. I made a card and though it was not as "good as I used to do it.". It is still home made.
Let us be happy for this is our life, no one knows how long they have, and LOVE those near you.Bless you, grace
<a href="http://YouTube.com/halalsilks"> watch some of the creative videos I collected, relax.
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These are really <a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=130&d_id=36&lang=us">cute violets. Make them in a bunch of colors to bring spring into your wardrobe.</a><br />
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I am curious to learn from you....
What creative things do you like to do / play/ create that helps
to make your life more complete, or your pain managed?
Leave your creative ideas in the comment section..
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</script>USING BARE YARN FROM MY FAV STORE KNITPICS< Diana dyes a skein of sock yarn with One color of Kool aid. <a href="http://youtu.be/w5rRMgFgTpc"> CLICK HERE To view</a><br />
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This next one is from MOI... I lost footage at the end but I hope you get a new way of looking at this dye method. <a href="http://youtu.be/SKMw-5B15HI">CLICK HERE TO VIEW Grace's Kool Aid dye video</a> I used DRY Koolaid on PreWetted Roving. I also added some White vinegar. Remember if you get dye shifts in color, your water may be TOO MINERAL. Just use some Distilled H2O, and I like to tell folks at least 2 packs of each color for my method. I was able to create a VAST array of colors! <br />
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<div style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><a href="http://youtu.be/R1VpLJUO22E"><u>Another Video on the same pattern</u></a></div><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">Watch Old Shale Knit Pattern Here</span><u><br />
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I can't stand a breeze, The trigeminal neuralgia just goes off like an electrical rocket in my face and teeth...Now I have to be squirreled up in a hot room with the door shut. I can't stand the fans and the cold.<br />
Well this got me to think about Winter. Vermont has LONG and cold lousy winter that TN Sufferers like me just can't stand. <a href="http://heavenlybabies.us/index.php/double-knotted-lattice-cabled-scarf">So I visited a blog friend's site and found this great Free Pattern for a Lovely cabled scarf</a> Well nothing like a gorgeous knit pattern to hlep bring you something to look forward to.<br />
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COTTON! It is very cooling and just the project to bring to the beach! So pack up your crochet hook and make a summery dishcloth! How about leaving a comment and telling me if creating it gave you some joy? <br />
<a href="http://crafts.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Free_Crochet_Dishcloth_Patterns">Check out these Free Crochet and some unusual Crochet dishcloth patterns</a> bless you all, grace<div class="blogger-post-footer">See more about me on http://www.ravelry.com/people/halalsilks
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But now to some fibery yarn talk.<br />
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Is it just me or does anyone else have problems with knitting cotton? I tend to knit too tight anyway... I have wanted to make a bunch of white washcloths for the kitchen. I figure then bleach won't kill the color! Lol!<br />
I was trying my own patterns and gave up on knitting... I used crochet... basically LOOSE single crochet on a size M hook. But I so much want to KNIT!<br />
I am trying to learn lace work as well. I am once again trying lace... Today I am go ing to be working on a feather and fan pattern off the label of Bernat Handicrafter Cotton. They ask for size 4 - 5 needles..but with my history of TIGHT needles I wonder what size i should use? Any advice or lace pattern that is easy for a dishcloth? Let me know... and thanks so much<div class="blogger-post-footer">See more about me on http://www.ravelry.com/people/halalsilks
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<i></b><br />
<b>CREATIVITY</b><br />
Welcome to the current newsletter issue of Advances in Medicine<br />
(AIM) - Take AIM against pain, brought to you by Dr. Tim Sams<br />
and My Pain Relief Doc - www.mypainreliefdoc.com<br />
Feel free to send me, Dr Tim an e-mail with your own thoughts and<br />
experiences. DR TIM Email: timsams@mypainreliefdoc.com<br />
<br />
<br />
Creativity is one of the most important aspects for<br />
self-management of persistent pain. In ABC's of Pain Relief<br />
and Treatment: Advances, Breakthroughs and Choices, Chapter 8<br />
discusses "The Terrible Truth about Coping with Pain." The<br />
terrible truth is that people cope with pain the way they have<br />
coped with life before pain, though they can change their<br />
coping style. They do not morph into a completely different person.<br />
They approach pain with the same strategies they have approached the<br />
rest of their lives.<br />
<br />
<b>There are seven basic choices that determine life effectiveness<br />
with pain, which are arranged in a hierarchy of importance:<br />
honesty, courage, independence, creativity, planning,<br />
initiative, and perseverance. </b>In previous newsletters, we have<br />
discussed honesty, courage, and independence. Now, let's<br />
explore creativity.<br />
<br />
Creativity is the strangest of the seven choices. You may not<br />
think of yourself as a creative person if you don't draw,<br />
paint, or write poetry or music. You may not conceive of<br />
creativity as a choice. How does one choose to be creative, if<br />
you're not a creative person?<br />
<i><br />
First, let's define creativity.</i> To create is to bring<br />
something into existence. Creativity is the process by which<br />
one creates. Creativity is not confined by any particular outcome.<br />
Creativity is a process that includes a willingness to see the<br />
familiar in a new way-to change perceptions in a novel way<br />
that encourages the birth of a unique entity.<br />
<br />
Certainly, you can be creative with art, music, or writing, to<br />
produce a painting, a song, or a story. But, you can also be<br />
creative about solving a problem, coping with an issue, and<br />
communicating with a friend.<br />
<br />
You can give yourself permission to try a new angle, or a new<br />
perspective. You can take a fresh approach to an old problem,<br />
perception, attitude, belief, or behavior. You can imagine.<br />
<br />
You need to be honest about what the reality of the situation<br />
is. You need to be courageous about trying something unfamiliar<br />
and scary, risking humiliation or failure. You need to be<br />
independent, not following what other people say or do, but<br />
what works for you, in your head and your heart. Only then can you<br />
be free to explore options and try multiple strategies. Only then<br />
can you imagine what it would be like if it were different,<br />
whatever it is. Only then can you imagine the process necessary<br />
to make it different.<br />
<br />
So now we come to pain. Maybe you've been hurting for a few<br />
months, or years, or decades. Regardless, you've developed<br />
patterns and approaches to pain that were born of different<br />
medical treatments and different outcomes. You've tried<br />
numerous strategies for dealing with pain, or not.<br />
<br />
You may have settled into a rhythm of pain and misery and brief<br />
respites from both. You may be certain about what makes your<br />
pain worse and what makes it better. This knowledge and tragic<br />
experience can and does conflict profoundly with the creative<br />
process, and with hope. Hope needs alternatives. It needs<br />
options. It needs to believe that there is a path that involves<br />
less pain (by the way, this is always true).<br />
<br />
Read some pain books, and check out some web sites. My book is<br />
certainly an option and contains several hundred strategies for<br />
coping with pain-no, for decreasing pain and increasing your<br />
activity and effective function. If you have accepted your pain<br />
problem, you know that you will have pain for a while. Let<br />
yourself experiment with different strategies, no matter how<br />
strange they seem. Be a scientist. Maybe there is a technique<br />
you have tried but which you can try in a different way that<br />
might be successful.<br />
<br />
Hurl yourself into fresh snow. Carve out a new snow angel-a<br />
new path. Is there any greater hope to create something new<br />
than the moment you commit to fresh, untouched snow, or canvas,<br />
or paper? Since you are reading this newsletter, it is likely<br />
that you are unsatisfied with the amount of pain relief you are<br />
getting from your current medical and self-management<br />
treatments.<br />
<br />
Do something different-something unique-something weird.<br />
Drop the censor that says, "Well, that doesn't make sense."<br />
<br />
Find your own path. Listen to other people's suggestions, but<br />
don't assume that other people know what is best for you. Be<br />
your own creator.<br />
<br />
Most people approach pain management by hanging desperately<br />
onto whatever the doctor treating their pain recommends. Know<br />
that, in the long-term, what you do for your pain is so much<br />
more important than what your doctor does. If you do all the<br />
same things, you will have all the same pain relief, or lack of.<br />
<br />
You have to imagine it before you can make it happen. Imagine<br />
hurting less and then make it happen. Stretch yourself-reach,<br />
and grab handfuls of new stars. Go to a place you have never<br />
been before. Therein lies the hope for real change, and a<br />
better life.<br />
<br />
Good light,<br />
<br />
Dr. Tim Sams<br />
My Pain Relief Doc<br />
www.mypainreliefdoc.com<br />
<br />
Copyright 2007. Dr. Tim Sams and My Pain Relief Doc.<br />
All rights reserved. www.mypainreliefdoc.com<br />
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Thanks, Dr. Tim<br />
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