yikes!
It has suddenly occured to me that the Feast of Tabernacles is coming up! This is what Jim and his family have celebrated his whole life (and is part of his quazi Jewish upbringing.)
This will be the third year now that we will celebrate in our own special way, Fiesta Blevinza. (cheesy, I know.) It keeps getting bigger and bigger, this year I’m even thinking of making tee shirts… hmm… maybe next year. It’s the greatest bash. We have SO much wonderful mexican food, mariachi music, great decorations and awsome party favors, if I do say so myself.
With this feast coming up, it means that I need to lurch in to planning mode. I want this Fiesta Blevinza to be 10 times better than last year. And seeing that I had Honor one week after last Fiesta Blevinza, I’m sure it will be 10 times better.
It also means that I’ve got to lurch into knitting mode. This is the feast that we exchange gifts with Jim’s family. I plan to make everyone who will wear one, a scarf.
Here’s my progress on Abbey’s scarf. It’s the cutest pattern ever, a worm.
I also made this scarf out of the left over yarn from Brooke’s poncho. I’m not sure who it will be for, but the more I see it, the more I think I need to keep it for myself.
Today, I ordered some plain wool yarn (oh, the joys of eBay!) that I will hand dye to make more scarves. Soon I will be crowned the scarf making queen!!!
Here’s my progress on Aunt Ann’s scarf, which will be for Christmas.
It’s made out of merino wool and some kind of sparkly yarn which is a pain to knit with because it keeps getting tangled, but that’s for another day.
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August 23rd, 2004 at 1:59 pm
hey allison, i visit often, but this is my first time commenting. it sounds like your family has a wonderful tradition. do you mind me asking what the holiday is about? we are not a very religious family, so don’t mind my nosey-ness ;) i hope you & your family have a ton of fun!
ps…your scarves are beautiful!
August 28th, 2004 at 5:59 pm
oooooh, you ARE the scarf queen! the worm is adorable- i’d love to see it when it’s done:)
August 29th, 2004 at 1:45 pm
In the Old Testament, God commanded two times out of the year that everyone have a huge party. (There are other “Holy Days” throughout the year, but these two are the ones that last a week apiece.) One is what is commonly known as the Passover. This is the time that you clean all the leavening out of your house and eat only unleavened breads.
The one coming up is the one we celebrate Fiesta Blevinza for. Now, a Mexican fiesta has nothing to do with this holiday, it’s just something that we’ve come up with. Since it’s supposed to be a big party, we thought, “Why not do something that all of our friends can attend.” And thinking of making it a “potluck” type of thing, we decided on Mexican food as it is fairly easy to prepare and very, very tasty. Jim is the one who came up with the wonderfully cheesy name of Fiesta Blevinza (our last name is Blevins).
So there you go. I don’t know how terribly religious it is, but we really enjoy having fun with our friends and family and that’s at least part of what I think God had in mind when commanding these times of partying.
I don’t really know when modern Christians decided to drop these “Holy Days”, but they are one’s that Jesus observed, so I don’t see why we can’t either.
August 30th, 2004 at 9:15 am
thanks allison for explaining your family’s wonderful tradition to me! makes me want to have a fiesta a la manna (manna’s our last name). and thank you so much for the sweet words you left on my blog :)