Merry Christmas!

"For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord"
Luke 2:11

Today is a wonderful day (although it should be everyday) to remember what took place over 2000 years ago, predestined in eternity past before man had yet to be created. The birth of the awaited Messiah, the Savior, Christ the Lord. It is a day to celebrate not only His birth, while at the same time be humbled by the condition in which the God of the universe was brought into this world, but to celebrate His life, His death and His resurrection. It is a day, if you are a Christian, to thank God for His salvation which by His grace we have received; if you are not a Christian, today is the day of Salvation, a day to look within and see our wretched sinfulness and to look to Jesus the God-man who on the cross bore our sins, received the punishment we deserve, died and on the third day resurrected, so that we through repentance and faith in Him may be saved, and be justified before the Lord. It is a day to spend in prayer whether it be in thanksgiving and/or repentance, a day to celebrate Christ the Lord and saviour. So go spend it as you will but before you do and while you are still on the internet, here are a few articles/videos/blogs you should, I correct myself you must read:

1. The Christmas Story by Dan Phillips
2. Is it dangerous to Celebrate Christmas?: Deconstructing Christmas by Jen Guerriero
3. The Reason for the Season: It's about the Cross by Go Fish (A Video/Song)

4. A Classic: What Christmas is all about by Peanuts

Thanksgiving in Miami

I need help! I'll be spending thanksgiving day and weekend in Miami with my cousin and her husband's family and there are three items I'd like to buy but have no clue, and I'm sure they'll have no clue as well, where to buy them so ATTENTION all Christians (or anyone who might know) in Miami where can I get the following:

1. An Electronics Store where I can buy this item (if it has the shape of a microphone even better :D i.e. ) ?
2. A MUSIC STORE where I can buy CD's by Keith and Kristyn Getty and Sovereign Grace Music?
3. A Christian Book Store where I can buy the ESV Bible study?


This post will be up up until a few days before my trip, I leave november 26th. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Mail Call!

It is so exciting to get all my favorite stuff in the mailbox! (well its not exactly a mailbox, more like the Areopaq offices, but hey! it's still mail) Last week I finally got my lovely Cascade 220 Heathers, I ordered (at Jimmy Beans Wool, great deals!) for my sister's very own Summer Slouchy that I need to cast on and finish by Saturday...she's leaving Sunday *sniffles*
Knitted Items (by me) she'll be taking:
- The Lace Scarf and Edged Hat Set
- Caron Simply Shrug (Modified Shrug Me Shrug)
- Summer Slouchy
- Garter Slippers
I wanted to make her some gloves but I still don't know how, I've read several patterns and it just seems so difficult :S
The other yarn I got for *gasp* 0.99$ (also at Jimmy Beans Wool, great deals!), 195yds of Reynolds' Whiskey , its a 2ply sort of light sport weight.
I also got some striped candy (2 of 'em) with my yarn! aren't they sweet at Jimmy Beans Wool (they're not paying me for saying good stuff about 'em I'm just extremely satisfied with my purchase there)


I also got my Gospel of John tracts! I still have some left from last time I ordered them, but one should never run out, there's always one of those divine appointments in which you just might need one to give away.

World's Fastest Knitter

That is just crazy! 118 stitches per minute! 2 stitches per second! that is crazy!

Edit:
ok I couldn't help it so I timed myself...90 stitches in 5 minutes and 10 seconds using DPNs...boy am I slow! :P It's ok though.

Back Again

I realize I do that quite a lot..take hiatuses...in kitting its different, i had to stop. Coming home after spending the entire day touching people that usually are not very clean because of their circumstances, does not inspire anyone to knit. So I decided to stop until vacation time.
Now I'm actually in a hurry! My sister is leaving for Spain in september and I promised I'd knit her some stuff for the winter. I'm finally finishing the Lace Scarf, I've used up almost an entire skein of Caron Simply Soft worsted weight yarn, the thing is almost 6ft long. My next knitting project is going to be a lace hat to go with the scarf, and if I have time I might knit her another scarf and thats about it.
My biggest challenge will be to block the scarf. It's Caron Simply Soft. It's Acrylic.
So about that LYS I thought I had found, it turned out to be sham its just another Crafts Store, stuffed with acrylic yarn and the usual mercerized cotton.

Finally Found it!!!!

A LYS! an actual LYS!! I met this lady once outside the doctor's office, she was crocheting something and I intrigued as always sat next to her and started to ask her questions about her crocheting, we ended up her teaching me how to crochet and in the process telling me where she buys her yarn, I told her of my disappointment due to the lack of LYSs where I could buy the real stuff and not acrylic yarn. Well to my surprise such a place exists somewhere in the bad parts of town, I wrote down the name and asked for specific directions, she gave 'em to me and I vowed to one day on my own little self wander around those parts of town and see if I could find it. Anywho time passed by and I had forgotten about that place until this semester when choosing which hospital to go to for the Internal Medicine Internship, I chose one that is located in that part of town where the alleged LYS is supposed to be, and so again I vowed to one day after noon when i've left the hospital I could wander around. Well last night, my dad decided he wanted to eat out and so invited me and my mom to go to our version of "China Town" and as we are driving around "China Town"(which is nothing like China Town in the US or anywhere else) there it was!!! on the same street "China Town" is located, in a corner! With a painting of a ball of yarn as a logo and the name of the LYS Siragusa. It was obviously closed because of the hour, but I'm definitely going there sometime this week! Finally found the LYS! Praise God!
Well thats all for now...

My First Knit

This is the first thing I ever knitted, it ended up being a very deformed cloth. I had no idea what I wanted to do, I just knew I wanted to knit, whatever it was. It has tons of mistakes, I dropped who knows how many stitches, but I learned, and since then been able to knit socks, scarves, hats, and even lace! thank the Lord. I've met some wonderful ladies and a lovely community of knitters willing and ready to lend a hand, virtually speaking of course, whenever needed.
But now it is time to refocus my knitting toward something else, its time to really do this for God's glory as should everything in our lives be done, as Christians.
An amazing door has just opened up and boy am I willing and ready to jump through it!
Next semester I'm beginning the first of 3 semesters to come before I finish med school, I'm entering my Internship which lasts a year, hence the three "semesters". The hospital I wanted to go to sadly(or so I felt) was not an option this semester and so I was left with 4 other options, out of those four the one I wanted was full and so I picked one knowing that God has His will and not always will it be something we necessary like at least in the beginning. He didn't choose the handsomest king He chose David, He didn't choose the "better" son He chose Jacob. And likewise, this Hospital which I visited for the first time last week I think, while others saw it as unappealing and scary I saw it as a blessing!
My entire family from both sides have been raised catholic, most don't even believe in God or at least not the God of the bible. From my dad's side the first response after finding out I became a Christian, here that means "Evangelica" (Evangelical and sometimes confused with Pentecostal) my aunt said "But you were a catholic!" I simply sighed. Of course my aunt doesn't know me as a person, she only knows what she's heard from my mom and my mom would never speak ill of me even if I were a monster which I once was.
So what does this have to do with knitting for God's glory, with the hospital etc?
Well it all began last week when I visited my aunt's clothes shop, on the counter she had 3 gorgeous crocheted shawls!! I mean LOVELY shawls, incredible well crocheted shawls!! I was mightily impressed she told me she'd be willing to teach me! all I had to do was bring my crochet hook(s) and some yarn and away we'd go. Since I knew the hospital was somewhat in the area I asked my mom to take me there that I can finally see the hospital and see what its like from outside and the surrounding areas, the hospital I found out is at a walking distance from my aunt's house and from the shop.
But at that point I still wasn't sure I had passed my ob-gyn class (a long story) so while it all seemed orchestrated by God I just needed that last confirmation, that I would actually go to this hospital.
And today I found out I did pass! And as of May 6th will begin my Internal Medicine Internship at Padre Billini Hospital, and my "Internal Medicine" Evangelism at my Aunt's home!

Please pray for me and my Aunt!! Not just her, pray for her daughters, one of them lives there too and my grandfather a very stern and stubborn man who hates God and especially the bible, he also lives there!

God bless and Happy Knitting!
In Christ,
Rita M.

Pictures From My Trip to NY

Me kissing my Manos del Uruguay


Niagara Falls


Mosholu Parkway


The Christmas Tree


With the Cousins


Michi and I

So I've been MIA, since December...

YARN PORN2
Originally uploaded by mo0nangel.

This is the recount of What I've been doing:
First for christmas day weekend I went to a Hotel with my family, left a day before the weekend was over and went to NYC with a cousin and her family, since the 25th until January 6th...Had an awesome vacation. When I got back home I started my 10th semester of medschool, then went to constanza for a weekend and then came back, and well I've been basically going to the hospitals, going to class and coming back home to get to some sleep. So that is basically my life since 2007 started.

I'm Back!

So I've been gone for a while...due to..well tons of reasons...one of those is lack of a computer, because my dad's laptop, which is the one I was using, wouldn't get connected cause of lighting that struck nearby and damaged it...So I'm stuck using this very very old computer or my brother's computer whenever he's not using it..in the meantime..
So after I got angry at my lace scaf...I threw it on the couch, spent weeks looking at it and finally frogged it and started over!! it had so many mistakes! I just couldn't bear looking at the thing. But after I calmed down, knitted the cutest little baby sock, its sooo tiny and cute! I shall post a picture of it soon..I decided that I needed to start over, even If I wouldn't finish it by the end of november. And So I've made progress! and have made little to no mistakes and am knitting faster with it!! :P darn yarn overs! I'll post a picture of it soon as well. I'm sooo inlove with it that two things happened: 1. someone offered to buy it from me, 2. I started yet another one with this very yummy cotton yarn I have..
Well that is all for now!
Until next time!
Happy Knitting and God Bless!!
Rita M.

Ok..so I created a new one

Ok so this is my second Blog thingy..since my other blog thing has another purpose I'm not going to mix it with my knitting one..Soooooooo I've been knitting since August 19th and I love it!! I'm self taught and helped by knittinghelp.com and the videos in it created by Amy. I've joined the forum there and feel so welcomed by everyone!!
I finished my first piece and its a yellow two toned scarf which i'll post pictures of soon. Currently I'm working on another piece called Crazy Loops :D what could it possibly be huh?? :P muahahah well you'll just have to wait!!!

God Bless you all!!
Rita M.