It was a very lazy sort of weekend during which very little knitting was accomplished. It teemed rain from Friday night through Saturday and we are now under flood warnings. The Merrimack River is as high as I’ve ever seen it. Living, as we do, at the top of a hill at nearly the highest elevation in the city, we have nothing to worry about, personally. But those homes and business down near the banks are going to be watching things rather nervously for the next few days.
I’ve been through one flood, in Kansas City, MO in September of 1977. Brush Creek overflowed its banks and took out a great deal of the Alameda Plaza shopping district. A friend and I were trapped in an apartment building where we had been visiting, while the basement and first floor completely filled up with water. I remember standing on one of the second floor balconies of the building and watching the cars floating down the street. The Bennett Schneider bookstore (which is where I was working at the time) was utterly ruined, all the glass broken out and most of the books washed away except for a little case of paperback science-fiction which was angled just right to avoid being touched.
Once was enough! I’ll take the high ground from now on, thanks :)
As I was working repeats on the Dulann scarf I realized something that really should have been clear to me before. I’ve been doing the inside of the cable in plain stockinette instead of switching to reverse stockinette as is standard with cable work. I would very much like to tell you that it was intentional and that I used it on purpose to give the cable unit a bit gentler look that would otherwise be the case - but I’d be lying through my teeth :) It wasn’t intentional and I didn’t even notice it until yesterday.
But it doesn’t look bad; in fact it looks rather nice. That said, there’s no earthly reason you couldn’t use reverse stockinette if you wanted - or garter or seed stitch if you preferred. In fact, I’ll probably work up a swatch with all three and take pictures to add to the pattern post.
Another addition I’ve been considering adding to the pattern post is a chart. I’m at the point where I can work comfortably with either written or charted instructions (assuming the chart is large enough to read comfortably) but many people are strictly one thing or another. Would it be useful to you to have the pattern charted? Let me know.
And have a lovely Monday!
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TMK admitted to me this weekend that she is jealous of your light saber spoon…
Ryan - Well, I wouldn’t have it if Myria didn’t like the “Honey Smacks”. I don’t care for that cereal, myself. Seems like a reasonable trade-off though. She gets he cereal and I get the cool spoon :)
If you don’t mind the extra time to put a chart with the pattern, I’m a visual person and sometimes that extra image is what I need to “get it”. That is my two cents.
~DAWN
Dawn - Thanks for your input! I think I’m going to go ahead with the chart because I know it will be useful to some folks.
umm, now, robbyn, you are a ‘cereal’ knitter- yes, i am easily amused-
i know there are many who prefer knitting from a chart- i learned to knit by reading ‘line by line’ instructions and had to make a real effort to learn to read the charts- i think the only real problem with charts is that there are a few who write them who use slightly different symbols for some of the stitches, so it’s always good to check the legend first to make sure just what you should be doing- well, duh, just depend on me to point out the obvious-
i should probably now retire quietly and knit a hat-
stay happy-
Barb - Don’t even worry about it - the obvious is the easiest thing to forget because we take it for granted. Probably a good thing you mentioned it :)
I’ve been pondering turning your Dulaan scarf into a hat. I think it would make a lovely hat, turned on its side with stitches picked up on one edge to knit the top decreases of a hat and on the other side to knit a “liner” for the hat. There’s some Aran colored yarn in my bag from my exercise partner so while I finish the current nect gaiter, I’ll ponder on that some more. It wouldn’t have a cuff to add extra thickness over the ears but the cables might do that very well.
Charlotte - What a cool idea - If you decide to try it, please let me know how it works out! Pictures girl, we want to see pictures!
I don’t have a digital camera but will shoot a picture with my 35 mm which can be emailed once the roll is developed.
I am so glad you were generous and put up the lovely Dulann Scarf. I got to you from Mossy Cottage. 
Now I’m going to read more of your posts. Or fall asleep. It’s 50/50.
Oh Barb, that was just too much. “Cereal” knitter. groan. :) I think I’ll go buy that box to give the light sabor to my brother. Yes, he’s one of those Star Wars collectors.
Dana - It was my pleasure, not to mention that it’s just plain fun to do :)
Laura - Well, years ago at the company Halloween party, I brought an empty cereal box impaled on a kitchen knife (old and dull). I’ll give you three guesses as to what I was? Heheheh....
Hi!
Nice Scarf! Just dropped in to say I’ve added Yarnpath to the “Knitting Instruction” list on my blog. Now Ican refer folks to you as your directions and photos are excellent.
Cheers!
Obscure - Thanks very much for the compliment (blush)! I certainly hope the tutorials are useful.
I’ll pass your comment on to my photographer as well :) 
