Handy Work

As my time away from fiction continued I found my hands to be rather restless.  As evening came along, and this is the time that was usually spent watching TV, I needed a project.  Over the last couple of months I had been making some scarves for my sisters.  They took me awhile to complete so I was not very anxious to start another one.  With my evening looming in front of me, however, I decided to jump in a try my hand at another crocheting project.  This time I choose a new pattern (and with the help of the internet, figured out the new stitch that was required) and got started.  Actually now that I think about it, last night was the second night that I worked on this scarf but I don't know that my previous blog talked much about it.  Anyway, this pattern turned out to be much easier then the ones I had done already and without a very interesting show to distract me, I was able to complete half of the scarf in two days, that is to say, two evenings.  The rest of the evening was composed of reading and enjoying a documentary on the Appalachian Trail.  For those that don't know, the trail goes through 14 states and takes most hikers anywhere from 4 to 6 months to complete, if they are brave enough to 'hike through' as they call it.  One couple that was interviewed had memorized over 200 birds calls in preparation.  Another hiker had started more in the middle of the trail, liked it so much and decided to finish.  The views that could be seen through the many mountains that are climbed were amazing.  A German women had decided to hike a portion of the path as a way to see a different side of America.  She seemed impressed.
Pictured  below is the scarf that I completed.  It was another successful evening without fictional TV!