For the past few weeks, Mom and I have been attending a Knitting Class at our local library. I was taught to knit around 3 to 4 years ago and really haven’t progressed. I knew how to knit and purl and bind off, yet I lacked the essentials of productivity. In short, I didn’t know how to make anything. But now I am learning how to read a pattern and talk while knitting:) Here are the two patterns I will be working on next. One is a felted coin purse, and the other is a multi-coloured scarf. Two of my favourite things: felted wool, and scarves:)

Mom and I also went to the beach on Tuesday to get in some good reading time. I finished up The Princess Adelina while she worked on Do Hard Things. The weather was perfect, and I got a little tan.

And for creativeness, I have been making homemade envelopes out of brown paper bags from the grocery store. They are very crisp and elegant. Although I may have to actually part with one of them. And also, I am in the process of making a prairie dress which I am hoping to wear for my sixteenth birthday.

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This Saturday we are planning on buying a tent for our camping trips. We used to have a camper, but the poor thing was more of a burden than a blessing. I love to camp, however, every time we do camp my books smell like campfire smoke.

And I am currently reading through Creators by Paul Johnson. Excellent book so far. I really enjoyed the quote at the beginning of the book: “People do not always discern the creative element in their lives and work. But those who do are more likely to be happy.” Most of my life I have been sure that I am not creative. Yet, God made us all creative in many different ways. So when we announce in a crowd that we are “not really creative” we are undermining God’s ability to make us in His image. No “buts” about it.