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Sweet Clara Crochet Pullover FREE Crochet Pattern   This GORGEOUS top is easy to crochet from the top down. The raglan shaping is worked within the stitch pattern. The whole top is worked in the round and it is completely seamless. Sizes range from 36" bust to 52" bust with ample flounce to showcase the yarn's incredible drape at the hemline. Bookmark this page and come back as often as you like to follow along with me! Sweet Clara Crochet Pullover FREE Pattern by Kristin Omdahl Skill Level Easy + Sizes S (M, L, XL, XXL) Finished Measurements Bust 36 (40, 44, 48, 52)” Length 25½ (25½, 27¼, 27¼, 29)” Materials Short Sleeve Version: 2 (3, 3, 3, 4) skeins Kristin Omdahl Yarns Be So Sporty (4oz/115g, 325yds/297m, 100% bamboo,) in Crushed Berries Long Sleeve Version: 3 (4, 4, 4, 5) skeins Kristin Omdahl Yarns Be So Sporty (4oz/115g, 325yds/297m, 100% bamboo,) in Jaded Peacock Size H/8 (5mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain correct gauge Size G/6 (4m

Velvet Stars Stitch Chain multiple of 12 + 5 Row 1:   3 TR in 5 th  chain from hook.                 *(Skip 5 chains, sc in next, skip 5 chains (3 TR , chain 3, 3 TR ) in next stitch.)*                 Repeat ** to last stitch.                 4 TR in last stitch. Row 2:  Turn.  Sc in first TR.  Chain 5.                 Work unfinished  FPTR in each of the next 6 TRs  Chain 5.                 *(Work sc in in next chain 3 space.                  Work unfinished  FPTR in each of the next 6 TRs  Chain 5.)*                 Repeat **                           Sc in 4 th  chain of turning chain. Row3:    sc in first sc. * (3 TR, ch 3, 3TR) in top of FPTR group).                 Sc in next sc.*                 Repeat to end.  Sc in last sc.        Row 4:   Turn.  3 FPTR in next 3 TRs.                 Sc in chain 3space.                 *( 6 FPTR together in each of next TRs.  Chain 5.  Sc in next chain 3 space)*                 Work 3 FPTR

IT WORKS It works—it really does. — ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88 In the beginning of my recovery, I was still working on my own will.  I was trying to think my way sober.  It was very exhausting.  I was "white-knuckling" it.  I would go to a few meetings here and there.  I would hear of these wonderful spiritual experiences that people were having and sharing their experiences.  I truly didn't think that was going to happen for me.  People would always say to me "keep coming back...it works if you work it..."   Reluctantly, I did keep coming back.  Each time I went to a meeting, it wouldn't strength my hope that I could find the peace and serenity I was so seeking.  Soon, that hope began to turn into a belief.  There was no denying what I was seeing.  People with worse situations than me were transforming into healthy productive people. At some point, my belief transformed into faith.  I had no doubt that God was with me every step of the way. S

NO ORDINARY SUCCESS STORY A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. — AS BILL SEES IT, p. 35 When I first walked through the doors of AA, I was tired and broken.  I had hit a bottom filled with despair, anger, resentments and pain.  I watched others who had stories filled with  many more trials and tribulations, yet they were at peace.  I asked myself how this could be possible.   They believed in a power greater than themselves and through each other, they stayed sober.  I didn't have faith in anything at first and I wasn't about to start trying to get it.  I was too busy fighting battles I couldn't win.  I didn't have time since around talk about some big blue book.  You have no free time when you are fighting everybody and everything. I never imagined that by following the instructions of the older members in the AA, that my life could and would be better

THE CHALLENGE OF FAILURE In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is. — AS BILL SEES IT, p. 31 Today is different for me because I have hope.  I have faith that everything is going to be okay so long as I do the next right thing.   I can remember feeling as if everything was failing all at once.  Sometimes I had multiple issues going on in my life but It didn't mean that it was time to throw in the towel.  But that is just what I did.   I believe lots of times, I would just give up without trying, which in turn led to more issues, compounding on top of each other because of my procrastination and my fear. I was tired and defeated.  Some days I didn't have the mental energy to take on challenges in my life.  When that happened, I would do one of two things, sleep or get drunk.   I had this 'all or nothing' attitude.  I was trying to control things I couldn't co

A THANKFUL HEART I try to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. — AS BILL SEES IT, p. 37 I thank God everyday for leading me to AA.  I start my day with my Daily Reflection reading to put myself in the correct frame of mind.  I need an attitude adjustment the minute I wake up along with lots of coffee.  I am thankful for the life he has given me and blessings he has gifted me.   If I start to doubt God's plan for me and become ungrateful, my self seeking ways slowly creep back into my life.  I will lose sight of the plan he has for me.  I will become so wrapped up into my own world that I become of no use to others who need help.   I have to remember where God has put me and where I came from when I started my journey in recovery.  I cannot take those blessings for granted ; they are to be sha

MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. — A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 Hitting bottom for me was the beginning of a new life.  The Ninth Step promises tell me "...sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly."  I reached a point in my recovery where I looked back and thought, 'I am a miracle'.   It didn't feel that way at first.  I wanted my life back, my kids back, my house back, I didn't want loneliness, I was tired of guilt.  I wanted it to all go away on my terms and my timeline. Slowly but surely, with faith and action, miracles began to happen right before more eyes.  For me and others in the program as well.  God has a plan for all of us and it is on His terms, not ours.   My alcoholic way of thinking believed that things should happen on my timeline and my terms.  'Of course, the program just wasn't