Time for Panic!!!

The weather guessers might finally get one right. They are calling for 5 to 7 inches in the Washing DC area and since I live further north, I might even see a little  more. And this storm isn't even here yet!!!

And my county is already panicking!! The snow is not supposed to start until late this evening and the powers that be have already announced that the snow emergency plan will go into effect at 6 pm. We had snow Monday night into Tuesday morning that amounted to a big zero!!! And there was more salt on the roads than snow. But they never placed the snow emergency plan into effect. So it will be interesting to see what actually happens tonight and tomorrow.

And we all know what I will be doing tonight. Hopefully, I will be sitting on my couch knitting. I have to go and work bingo at the fire hall tonight at 5 pm but we are generally done with everything by 9:30-10 pm. I will probably give my chief a call later to see if he is planning or wants any of us to spend the night at the station as an overnight crew. My only problem will be getting out of my driveway. One of my driveways is a little steep and the other one is easier to get out of because it is a gentle grade. But I hope that all of the lunatics stay off the roads overnight and no one needs either fire or EMS services. When we get more than 5 inches of snow, the fire department is dispatched along with the ambulance. Even if we are not dispatched on the initial call, if the ambulance fails to get out, the fire department is dispatched. So we shall see.

Knitting

And as promised, I have been knitting and I have a picture to prove it. I am knitting 2 hats that are supposed to be Christmas presents. But the truth is that only one of them needs to be done by Christmas. The one is my nephew's present. But if I get lazy, he will understand. He actually understands the process of knitting and that a knitter will get sidetracked. He is pretty smart for an 11-year old boy. All he cares about is getting the finished product and convincing me to make him another one.

The other project has an absolute deadline - Saturday, December 17. That is the date of my fire company's Christmas party and the scarf is a door prize. I am about 2/3 of the way through the second ball of yarn that I have. I had purchased 2 balls of Plymouth's baby brushed alpaca to make this scarf. But I am thinking that I need to go out and pick up another ball of it. I like my scarves to be really long so that you can wrap them around your neck and still have the ends hanging. And two balls of yarn just won't cut it. I will try and sneak out of work for a bit today to pick up another ball of it.

But the real question is whether or not I fringe? See, I am not a big fan of fringes on my scarves so I rarely fringe my scarves. But this scarf is not for me, so I would welcome any opinions on the fringe issue. I was thinking of not fringing and putting a note in the gift bag stating that if a fringe is wanted, I will be happy to put it on the scarf. Opinions please.

I am also trying to finish off a sock or two so that I will have some more warm socks on hand.

 

Comments

[Bron]

Hmmmm...that scarf looks soft! Love the color. :) See - I knew you were still knitting...sometime! ;)

[MJ]

Put it this way: are most of the people at the party men or women? I don't think men like fringe as much as women... Maybe leave it at that, and whoever wins the door prize, offer to fringe it if they prefer.