Idle Knitting

I'm in Maryland spending a few days with my parents.  My extended family got together for dinner here and a good time was had by all.  The highlight of this by far was playing with my niece and nephew.  They have a knack of making you forget about all stress going through your head.

Today is much quieter; my mother went in for a heart catheterization procedure this morning.  She has a minor blockage in her artery that will be treated with medication and she'll be back home this afternoon.  I've been knitting this to pass the time.

This is the Prismatic Scarf, knit with Sheep Shop #3 yarn.  My husband picked out the yarn and he recently expressed interest in how great it would be to have an everyday scarf to wear in the cold weather.  He already has a scarf in blindingly bright rainbow colors, but he only seems to wear that during live shows.

I don't want to waste a perfectly good scarf, so sometimes I wear it out myself.

This scarf doesn't curl and the slip stitches keep it interesting.  I don't expect to finish this in time for him to use it for this season.  Once January 1st hits, I want to focus my knitting energy on socks for the January sockdown.  This is good to have around for mindless knitting to pass the time.