Wow. It’s been a very intense and emotional week. I haven’t posted in a while because of stuff that’s been going on with my family, because we’re going through a very difficult time right now. After 17 years, my Dad resigned from his job at Calvary of Albuquerque, and I resigned my position as well. I don’t want to feed rumors going around or anything, so I can’t say much, just that we felt that God was calling us to move on. This has been a very difficult time for us, because Calvary is our family’s second home. I’ve worked there for many years, my brother works there, and my Dad has faithfully worked there for so long, it’s just been very hard. But sometimes God calls you to sacrifice something that’s extremely dear to you, and you have to take a step of faith and trust that He is in control. So while we are all very sad to be leaving, we are excited to new developments and where God is taking us next.
So that’s what’s been going on in my life this last week in a nutshell. As far as knitting goes, I’m making good progress on my laptop bag. I knitted and felted a swatch with my yarn (Brown Sheep Top of the Lamb) and figured out exactly how big I need to make the unfelted piece. I’m about 50% done with the 18″ x 42″ rectangle for the bag now, and moving along pretty quickly. I’ve come up with a few cool ideas too, I think I want to make a pocket on the outside to put my power adapter in, and I’d also like to make a detachable shoulder strap in addition to the built-in handle. If anyone has any ideas on how to do those things, leave a comment! I’m planning to make just a small rectangle and then sew it onto the bag, probably with some colored thread, to make the pocket. Also I thought it’d be cool to do a long strap that had i-cord edges that maybe could use buttons could to detach or something. Anyway, those are my thoughts, and I’m excited to see this bag come to completion!
I’ll definitely take some pictures soon and put them up, but until then, Auf Wiedersehen!
P.S. I’m not really sure what’s up with the German, but it popped into my head and I thought I should put it there :)
Adam,
Sorry to hear about the turmoil at church. I certainly understand how difficult it is to have your spiritual home racked by controversy.
No pressure, but we’d love to see you at Foothills! people still ask about you from time to time, and I know you’d be welcome. You can even sit with Corrie and me! In any case, we still need to get together sometime when you’re up around ABQ/Edgewood….