Finished the last of the scarves for our Meals on Wheels clients in a marathon session. I knitted four over the weekend...okay, one was done on the knitting frame but still, I had to manipulate it by putting in some knit stitches on the purl side in hopes of keeping it from curling (knitting frames are notorious for creating curl in objects). Didn't work much, so I blocked the life out of it and it finally lay flat. No guarantee that at the first tug lengthwise, it will return to the curl and end up looking like a tube rather than a scarf. But, hey, maybe the person wearing it will like it like that. One never knows.
Also indulged myself with an order from Knitpicks for more yarn (it isn't possible to have too much yarn, is it? Isn't it like that other saying, "one can't be too rich or too thin"?) and it came on Saturday. Oh, so much lovely yarn and so little time. I need to figure out how to keep on knitting and earning a living at the same time. That being said, at the moment, I could have a life of total leisure and still not be able to do much knitting as I am in an apparent flare (flare, as in, this will go away, as opposed to a permanent change in the status of my affliction) and my hands have been less than maximal for knitting. I have taught myself to do various styles of knitting and it has proven very helpful in working around whatever joints happen to be hot at the moment. Right now it is more of them hot than not so I have to stop a lot and loosen up before resuming.
BTW, I highly recommend learning "Portuguese" knitting (or maybe it's Argentinian or Peruvian), the kind where you loop the yarn over the back of you neck. It is wonderful for doing lots of purl stitches as there isn't that complicated little hooking required when doing continental style purling. The knitting part of this style may take a bit getting used to (aren't there tradeoffs no matter what one is doing?) but once learned will become automatic. You need to learn different ways to hold the yarn/thread in the right hand in order to create a tension. Mostly I loop the yarn around my thumb before the yarn goes over my neck. Check it out on YouTube to find a tutorial for this style of knitting.
