February 20: Interval knitting

Last night I was inexplicably exhausted.  Falling asleep standing up, while dinner was still in the oven.  To keep myself awake until I could eat, I worked a few segments of this scarf I started over the weekend.  I love entrelac because I can start and stop it.  I can finish a segment in 6 or 7 minutes, which is a common amount of time spent waiting for something else to happen.  The pattern is easy enough to remember that I can take just the yarn and needles in my bag and leave the pattern at home.  No chart to carry along or refer to.  I can just pick it up and go.  The backwards knitting and the color changes are interesesting enough to keep me engaged, but not so complicated that I have to pay full attention to work on it.  I can fill in the intervals of life with knitting.