Yet More "Life" Thoughts

Today we celebrated our youngest grand daughters first birthday (which was actually yesterday). As I stood there holding her and listening to her laugh and take her first steps, I remembered back 2 months ago when we didn't know if she would see this day. As she was being flown to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, basically on life support, I remember thinking that we could actually NOT see her 1st birthday without the Lords intervention. I for one am humbled that He saw fit to answer our prayers for healing and that we have the joy of celebrating the first of MANY birthdays with her. I realize yet again that there's nothing like a major crisis to put things in perspective!

TA-DA!

Proof that there is actual progress in the matching sweater project. This is the "test batt" that we carded on the Super Carder and since its rolled up nice and neat, I don't want to unroll it to get a measurement. The carder managed the 2 ounces of blended fiber without as much as a hiccup so I would say that my math appears to be correct....so far. The next step will be for Susie to start spinning and then do a test swatch to test for both gauge and drape. Assuming that the test swatch works fine, I will then start weighing out fibers into small bags and the carding of the next 100 batts will begin in earnest.