Let's Be Careful Out There
How lovely the male Cardinals look in mid-winter.
This guy rested in our bushes for a good long while yesterday. He must have known wild weather was coming...
I used up some yarn to make another cowl for Fireman. He rides his bike to work even in winter. I had other plans for this knit up but It ended up being a perfect tightly fitting cowl. It is just a striped garter tube of 14 inches doubled over on its self for thickness and warmth.
I cast on 68 stitches (worsted weight) and knit back and forth on (8) straights for 14 inches. I left the live stitches on one needle and used a crochet hook to pick up the other side because I hadn't anticpated the need for a 3 needle bind off at the get-go. Otherwise I would have used a provisional cast on at the beginning of this neck/face warmer.
Then I worked the 3 needle bind off. I simply folded the 14 inch tube over on itself and VOila!
With our snow headed to the East Coast, I pray the first responders have a quiet night of it. Fireman tells me that even a 10 ton FireEngine slides on ice and it is a nightmare.
During our big snowstorm 2 years ago, Fireman was on duty.
So was Al. Fireman had to drive the ambulance to a local hospital with a heart attack patient in the back, during zero visibility. He said there was a time when he wasn't sure where they were.
But they got there. It wasn't until the ride back to the Firehouse that the ambulance got stuck.
I think they have a stressful job in the best of conditions.....
God Bless Them all out East tomorrow.
and for those of you old enough to remember
Hill Street Blues,
:Lets be Careful Out There.....
Comments
I love the red cardinals against a background of snow and greenery, but my favorite is Mrs. Cardinal in her olive green dress!
I love the cowl. Fireman looks like he is ready to pull a hat down over his ears and ride off on his bike.
The firemen and EMTs in my area are all volunteer: I am grateful that such dedicated individuals give up their time to protect the rest of us.
A monster storm is predicted to hit here tomorrow night and through the weekend. I am looking forward to some quality knitting time.
Steve was RIT back in the day. I remember plenty of nights he came home with frostbitten arms and face from being out in the elements during a fire OR with no eyebrows and singed hair.
Yep ... let's be careful out there.
Hugs to you,
MEredith
Looks like the neck cowl is just the ticket for Fireman! It turned out to be a nice snug fit and should protect him well against the coming storm! I hear on TV that snow and rain have started to fall. I hope it's not as bad as predicted. It is pretty scary to drive on icy or snow-packed roads.
We are supposed to get hit with a storm this weekend. I'm looking forward to getting the moisture!!
And don't tell the Knight, but there's just something about Chicago Fire's black over red that really makes me happy. Green is my favorite color, but not on a fire truck. It's just WRONG. ;)
And there's one thing scarier than a fire enging sliding on ice... a TRUCK with the stick up sliding on ice, tipping towards the duplex I was standing in. Thank God for sure, experienced hands, heart and head on the controls.
During a big storm back East a few years ago, my dad shoveled the driveway (the road wasn't plowed for six days but what the heck) and at 4 am thought he was having a heart attack. Mom called 911 and the ambulance somehow showed up in four minutes.
How did you GET here? she wondered. They answered that they'd gotten tired of not being able to get to people in emergencies and so had gotten a snowplow blade for the front of the ambulance, and there you go.
Dad turned out okay and got to go home the next day--courtesy of the path to their driveway from the main road made by that ambulance.