The Comfort Zone

Here is the Half Circle Shawl with a slight modification–a ruffle.  After a lot of playing around with the suggested lace edging I decided that I did not like it (Thanks Darcy for helping me decide).  The shawl was almost entirely knitted during work hours in the office.  Now I have to find another office project. 

One of the good things about the accounting business is the intermittent lulls in office traffic, the long periods of data entry and the endless hours of hold time on the phone waiting for various state and federal agencies to answer–all good knitting time.  I have mastered the “10 minutes of data entry and 10 minutes of knitting” strategy to the point that the “10 and 10″ technique has become the accepted method for achieving goals in our office. 

I have always believed that I can get through 10 minutes of anything if I can knit for 10 minutes!  You may not think that 10 minutes is enough time to accomplish a task or do enough knitting to reach project completion.  Why not?  There are 10 minute workouts,  10 minute reviews, 10 minute oil changes, 10 minute recipes, 10 minutes  in the fast food drive thru.  Why not 10 minute knitting intermissions?

What I am getting to in my usual convoluted way is the fact that we, as knitters, can do anything and get through any experience–we can conquer the world–if we can just knit for 10 minutes.  That says it all!

Seen at the feeder this morning–Gold Finch, Chickadee, Slate Junco: