Sunday, April 26, 2009

Boye Needlemaster Knitting Needle set vs. Denise Interchangeable Knitting Needle set

I have had the Boye needles for some time now, but recently bought the Denise set. Here are the differences that I have found. There are good points to each set.

Boye Needlemaster
Metal needles -Smoother so yarn slides better

Sharper points -Just my preference, I like the sharp points

Screw-on needles - have come undone during knitting and I damaged one needle due to over tightening

Denise Interchangeable
Cords much more flexible-more comfortable

Joins are much smoother - yarn slides much more smoothly over joins

More expensive - About $20 more per set

Twist-lock on needles to cords -may be more secure; no problems yet

Monday, April 20, 2009

Confusion sets in

Cold turkey for three days no knitting. I have been reading some of my books that I have received for reviews. My poor arthritic hands needed a rest and so did my brain :). I also didn't want to travel with my BIG ball of Sirdar yo-yo yarn and take the chance of getting it dirty. If you have never seen this yarn the balls are huge. Anyway, I will hand knit tonight and I am working on the second sleeve of the jacket. I have also started on a cap sleeve top machine knit.

New Blog

I have decided to place all of my book reviews on a seperate blog. You can find it here:
http://bookvisions.blogspot.com/

Of course, it is named Bookvisions :) and I will place a link at the top of this blog. I have just finished a very good mystery and will post my review soon.

I have also moved some of my reviews for knitting books that was on librarything.com to the new book blog. I will add more as I have time.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Book Review


Christianity In Crisis 21st Century
by Hank Hanegraaff

From the back cover: "Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth." The Apostle Paul

In this updated edition of Christianity in Crisis, Hank Hanegraaff exposes those preachers who twist and misquote the Scriptures to fit their messages of a prosperity gospel. The author quotes some of the current, well-known “Name it and Claim it” preachers, such as Joel Olsteen, Mike Dooley, Joe Vitale and Joyce Meyer, then compares their statements with the Word of God.

One of the most shocking examples in the book is about the author and contributors of “The Secret” made popular by Oprah, which teaches that thoughts create our circumstances. When one of its contributors appeared on the Larry King show, King asked whether Jessica Lundsford, the child brutally abused and murdered, attracted this horror to herself. Joe Vitale responded, “We are attracting everything to ourselves and there is no exception”.

The author cuts away at the false doctrines with expert precision. Example after example shows the error of men and women claiming to be speaking the word of God, but in reality speaking from the pits of Hell.

The book is extensively footnoted and includes a scripture index, subject index, and a bibliography. I highly recommend this book for anyone who seeks truth. It could easily be used for a personal Bible study or small groups study.

jacket


Ok, so it's only a sleeve done, but it is the startof my Jacket in Sirdar Yo-Yo yarn from their brochure 8927. I have started the second sleeve. Yes the color goes from dark to light. Yo-Yo comes in HUGE balls and one sleeve you pull from the center and the other from outside so they match. Cool.