All about Eve

Eve has nothing on me. That’s my conclusion. I am aware that we all face some sort of temptation every single day, and often, all through the day. When I am in traffic, I want to speed. When there’s pie in the fridge, I want to eat it. I am constantly passing and failing where my weaknesses are concerned, and to think that Eve had a fruit tree in the yard, day after day, looking at her, tempting her and she finally gave in and took a bite just seems like such a small thing. Yet the consequences are enormous, even to this day. Tonight I'm tempted to not knit, because I've completed all the panels of my son's blanket. They need to be blocked and sewn together. (see post below) I'm also tempted not to exercise tonight. I usually get on the treadmill 4 or 5 times a week, but tonight will not be one of those times. Instead I'll probably watch a couple of TiVo'd episodes of Castle and eat a bowl of cereal.

I feel the need to post a few pictures of things I've seen lately so here goes.

These girls are my friend's daughters - adorable and precious little children of God.

My family eating Sunday dinner with a guest, my son's new girlfriend. Lovely. And later, a lightning bolt struck the tree across the street; top to bottom and the picture shows the smoke coming from the roots below the ground. Next door neighbor saw it and said the whole tree glowed! (don't ask me why this font is different - I can't fix it)

And finally the construction of our church's new building - this is the preschool space where I'll be.

Venti Quad – Size 6

I have been introduced to the term Venti Quad of late; it means 4 shots of espresso added to a drink, in a Venti size cup (which means large). A work acquaintance of mine gets a Venti Quad Mocha each day before work. She’s smaller than me and I’m a size 6, so I can’t imagine where all the caffeine goes. I figure she just doesn’t eat the rest of the day. Caffeine subdues your appetite.

I learned about that one summer when I was a teenager. My girlfriend who lived down the beach from me told me that she would drink coffee until she was sick and then had no appetite the rest of the day. I tried it and it worked pretty well for me, but most of the time I wanted something sweet to go with the coffee. Still do.

OK, I have completed the five panels for the blanket I’m making for my son. They are all garter stitch and have approx. 30 stitches per panel. I have used a variety of wools for this project and have been working on it for over a year. The yarns are similar in color and all have about 3 plies. Since the beginning of the project, my inspiration was the Moderne Baby Blanket (Knit Picks and Mason Dixon versions).

This simple blanket has just taken forever and I don’t know why. Maybe I just needed a deadline, ‘cause now it’s done!

Here is the mattress stitch join. You can see the bumps on the edges that I catch with the thread.

I decided not to make a border for each panel, although it would have made the joining look better. It just seemed like it would bog things down.

I have blocked the pieces and tried my best to make them fit together, but I am human and imperfection is inevitable.