Erica’s Blog

[NO, not the dog food...]

Had just the loveliest hour or so yesterday afternoon.  It was grey, windy & yukky outside.  I sat in my glider in the living room, quietly knitting, watching the flag blow around outside.  Thing Two was crashed out on the couch (“Mommy, I’m tired.  I think I should go to sleep.”  5 minutes later, she was asleep.)  Thing One said her stomach hurt and was resting in bed, reading a book.  Jenna was crashed out on her bed.  As I sat there, I was suddenly struck by a wave of gratitude for the great life I have.  Sure, there’s been some suffering, but everyone suffers in some way at some time.  All in all, I have a really terrific life, and there’s not much I would change.

Somebody out there remind me of this the next time I’m complaining about something, OK?!

I’m working on a sampler scarf at the moment.  I’m doing each section in a different kind of lace.  I may, however, run out of lace patterns that will work with the width of the scarf, in which case I’ll have to also do some other stuff, maybe some cables or other patterns.  The section I just finished has been the hardest part.  I’ve learned/been reminded of a couple of things doing this:

This will end up being my first exercise in blocking, too.  Not looking forward to that, but this definitely needs it.  The “elongated garter stitch” (Is this drop stitch?) is wider than all the others, though it’s the same number of stitches.

My favorite section so far is the most recent one with four rows of two hearts each.  I took the heart pattern from the Heart scaf mentioned a few days ago.  That pattern is 17 stitches wide, and I had 35 on my needle, soooo…one heart, an extra knit stitch, then a repeat.  Pretty cool.

Hubby got a new digicam yesterday.  The one we had before was a little freebie one he had gotten at a focus group he took part in for work.  This one is really nice, and he got a great deal on it.  I’m glad it’s a “real” digital camera, complete with flash, etc.  He took the Things to Jack in the Box for a treat last night and tried out the camera.  Aren’t these pictures great?  I especially like the french fry pictures.