Ripple Stitch Morning

Ripple stitch swatch that I completed this morning. 3 rows.

Don't even ask me how  I figured this pattern out. I'm actually still in the process of memorizing it and I've only just started. I actually have Mikey to thank for making this youtube video tutorial. I can only learn knitting and crochet patterns this complicated by watching a live process. I have to see someone's hands and they have to instruct in a clear, comprehensive, patient and if possible pleasant voice.

I'm not sure what I'm making yet. I just wanted to see if I could get the hang of this. I've had to look the video over several times and probably will several times more before I can just write the pattern down myself and try to memorize it. I'm at the third row now I think. In the next row I will be adding another color! Wee! I'm so glad I stuck with this. I was starting to feel like like giving up. It's kind of messed up but I can never really believe it when I finally get the hang of something I percieve to be as difficult. I always think, oh there's no way I got this! I must have mucked up somewhere! Then when I do get it I get all over confident and obnoxious! So get ready for some serious gloating entries if this success continues! LOL!

No seriously, I'm going to be unbearable.

Silent Morning

Usually, when I come into the office in the mornings, I'm the only one here for over an hour. I relish that quiet time when I can get a few personal things done.

This morning I continued working on a yellow cowl neck scarf I started this weekend on a pair of wooden bamboo circular needles which are among my favorite needles to work with. I find that knitting has become more and more like a meditation for my mind. When my hands are busy making repetitive patterns, the thoughts that plague my mind, the constant internal chatter, fall by the wayside temporarily. I am rhythm and pattern. I'm doing a simple rib stitch in rounds which is easy enough to remember since it's just an alternative knit stitch pattern. Initially I wanted to do a seed stitch because I think it's slightly more urban but whenever I try that while knitting in the round it always turns into a rib stitch which I feel is a very Ivy League stitch. I haven't figured out why this keeps happening yet but I will. For now I just wanted to make something yellow. My Spring mini resolution is to wear more yellow. It's a beautiful cheery color that I love in moderation on people and adore in abundance in nature

The sun came out through the clouds a couple of time while I was knitting. The weather report called for some spotty showers, and I brought an umbrella but I'm hoping it's a false alarm. I really enjoyed sitting out in the Park yesterday for the first time this season with the sun on my face even though I know this weather is unnatural. I need the sun. I need this quality of silence. I need yellow in my life.