Where the Blue Fern Grows

Wow!  Has it really been five days since my last post?  With all the hustle and bustle of Christmas, my knitting has been sorely lagging.  Robert and I had a great time in Branson for our anniversary, where we were stalked by a tour bus of senior citizens.  I’m not kidding.  On the coldest day of the year so far, the same group of seniors were at Famous Daves’s, The Promise, and Candlestick Inn (where I had a fabulous white chocolate creme brulee – yumma).  I enjoyed The Promise, too – but please don’t hold it against me when I say that I love Jesus, but Satan was really cool (this actor was brilliant).  Robert and I made our annual trek to Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage a week ago Saturday, and this past Friday was my work Christmas party in the White River Room at Bass Pro Shop.  I am so blessed to work for such a great company!
Last night was the Christmas concert at my church, and it was amazing to sing while Mike Lewis, The Jesus Painter, painted three large portraits of Christ.  It was an awesome experience!
 As far as knitting goes, I am currently only working on the Fern Lace Wrap, which in reality, needs to be completed by this Friday so that I can block it and wrap it for the family Christmas Eve get-together.  I think I’ve decided that I am a pressure knitter, though.  By having a seemingly impossible deadline, I did manage to get the scarf that never ends done!  So surely, I can complete my last Christmas gift!
Here’s my knitting math analysis:
16 rows per repeat of the pattern = 2 1/2 inches of the scarf
60 inches to complete the scarf = 24 repeats of the pattern
1 hour of knitting = 1 repeat (okay, so it’s slower than I’d hoped)
24 repeats (completed scarf) – 10 repeats (already done) = 14 repeats (to go)
Here’s what it looks like now (except I can’t get the color to come out right on the photos): 
Ugggh.  14 hours of knitting between now and Friday.  It’s doable, though.  2 hours tonight; 2 hours Tuesday night; 2 hours Thursday night (I could probably do more, but Zarah’s coming over for a Knitty Gritty marathon so I’m planning on being somewhat distracted).  That leaves 8 hours for Friday, but I am off work that day.  And this doesn’t count any lunch hour knitting. 
After this scarf is done, I’ll need your help in selecting my next projects.  Of course, I think Santa did some shopping at Knit Picks and Simply fibers, so there should be plenty to choose from!