All muh Blankets!!! and shifting arising in my spiritual journey

One of my favorite hobbies is crocheting. Even when times are the craziest and when I may be on a hiatus there is always a blanket on my hook. Here are a few that i've done in the past year or 2 as gifts for family, friends and acquaintances.

I made this one for someone I knew that owned his own Chinese Medicine practice. The intention going into this was to be the blanket on his work table but in the end due to the fibers it was to rough for his skin to perform his bodywork on so he was unable to work with it. I believe it became another blanket in his home. I forgot to get a picture of it completed with the edging so this is just the body of the blanket but the edging was golden and red. I wanted the shell stitch because it looked like Chinese fans to me and the colors fit the actual fans he had in his office at the time. 

This one I made for my brother. This one took me years. But only because it was larger than an I anticipated and I had a young kiddo at the time of starting it so my time was limited. Then I went through a divorce and life change so it was tucked away for years until I was determined to give it as a gift to my brother for last christmas. Challenge accomplished! He loves it!

This one I made for a former boss's wedding gift. It took longer than I anticipated (as all my blankets due thanks to life happening) so they got it as a 1 yr anniversary gift instead. She sent me a photo of it placed nicely on her bed to keep her warm through the winter. I did have a little mess up near the middle top where I forgot a row of a color. But that just makes it more loved haha

This one I made for an acquaintance I follow on Youtube. I had asked her a like 2 yrs ago what her favorite colors were with intention of drawing/painting her Mandala. Then one day I decided I would make her a blanket instead. She sent me a photo of it in her resting/meditation room. It matches awesome! She received it on her way to a surgical appointment. She was so happy to have been surprised by the gift/gesture just before her surgery. 

I have another blanket on the hook but this one I can't share in case the recipient finds their way to this blog as it's a surprise gift. I'm hoping to have it done in time for the date i'm aiming for. 

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In my spiritual world I feel some shifting coming on. I've been feeling pretty heavily to box up and store away my tarot cards and to disconnect from tarot. I followed a few YouTubers but I that I am craving direct connection with God/Source/Universe at this time. 

I had just signed up for Kyle Gray's year long course on Angel Tarot and studying Archangels but this week it's hitting me strongly that while I LOVE all things angels that i'm actually craving direct connection with God instead of directing my stuff to Angels and Guides. My theory on all this at this current juncture is that Angels and Guides work for God. What is making me avoiding going directly to God for my talk/questions/answers etc. Our Angels and Guides will always be there still doing what they were put in our spiritual path to assist us with. But I feel that putting our full prayers and so on to just them still leaves a hole in my spiritual growth. So The past few days i've been focusing on just God and it's energy. And the next few weeks i'll be focusing on this and see what different experiences/shifting it brings about in my inner world (perhaps external too). 

I do not buy into the religious banter of not praying to other diety's/gods. I feel if people find that this is exactly what they need to thrive in their prayers and spiritualism, happiness and wholeness then more power to all that works for their unique journeys. But I have been feeling as if something is missing by simply focusing on Angels and Guides only. God/Spirit is the ultimate and where we all (even angels and guides) originated from and where all things in our lives derive from. It would only make sense to me to direct my energy purely to God at this time because this is what makes things feel whole at this time. I will still have my morning one-way conversations with my guides in the mornings and talk out to them when I feel they put a funny or challenging circumstance on my path. But i'm craving a deeper connection and feel I need to stop bypassing or feeling unworthy enough to speak to God directly by diverting to my Angels/Guides. Angels and Guides are his messengers and assistants in our lives.