My Emily Scarf

So I finally found a lace pattern I like for my Emily yarn (thanks Rosemary, now I'm naming YARN -LOL)
Isn't this gorgeous! When finished and blocked, I'll take a picture of it on the coat. This is the yarn Emily brought me when I was in the hospital. She had some very wise words for me when she came to visit - "Knitters," she said, "do not bring flowers to other knitters in a hospital. Knitters bring YARN!"

This yarn is called Holly Hock. It is made by Malabrigo out of Uruguay and is kettle dyed pure merino wool. It is so soft and wonderful to knit with, very easy on the hands. One skein is 215 yards and will make this most beautiful scarf.

Now, can anyone see the really stupid thing I did with this? Yes, I took a lace pattern OFF THE NEEDLES TO PHOTOGRAPH IT!!! When I went to put it back on the needles, I find I'm missing a couple of YO's. Hmmm....hopefully will not have to pull out too much to get back into the flow.

And am almost finished with the little tote bag. Just need to finish the second side, i-cord some handles and sew it all together. I have this huge felting marathon planned. I also am trying to decide whether to make a felted flower for my enterlac bag as a closure. I had put a big snap on it, but it still wasn't staying closed the way I wanted it so I'm thinking about making a tab closure with a flower on it.

Med Update - Have cut the steroids back to 2/1/1. But couldn't sleep again last night. I don't know if this is a function of the steroids or the radiation sickness or what. But getting up around 3:30 am to start the day is just a TAD early in my opinion - lol!

Shelly, what's your experience with this? Is this steroids or something else?

And for you gardeners, I was able to help Wayne on his blog. So keep checking in over there and encourage him to keep going.