My latest achievement — a crocheted shawl for my friend, Elizabeth.  I got the pattern at the knitting bee in bethany. Here’s a similar free pattern from my new favorite site, Ravelry.com, which is full of free patterns for crochet.  I used a noro silk/kid mohair/wool/nylon blend.

Since I am having a nice Jupiter aspect, I thought I would share it and for each shell, I did a lengthy Jupiter mantra taught to me by Susan Holmstrom, a devotee of Kriyananda. Supposedly, doing 1000 will bring great expansion — yippee!

The first pair of socks I have crocheted that look decent! Yippee!

When I was about 12, my grandmother showed me how to crochet.  I enjoyed the motion and repetition of the stitching, and have taken the handicraft back up again over the Christmas break. I still enjoy the repetition, but have added mantra to the process, just to put a little more “juice” into them.  Inspired to make gifts for those I love, this pair of socks is the third i have made AND, the stitches are even enough for me to feel comfortable posting a picture.  This pair was mantra’d with “Om tessraim raksha mam” and goes to Aunt Mary!