Here are the hat photos that my computer was fighting two nights ago. There was no post last night due to pain killers throughout the day. The doctor said a major nerve is just above the cut, which makes me feel pain in areas unrelated to the ankle. I understand very little of all of this. The body is a marvelous machine. The more I learn, the more in awe of God I am.
However, yesterday, I did start this pair of gloves – at least they are cast on. They are a real stretch for me, as I am not used to reading the graphics for knitting. I read the instructions several times, left them and came back and read them again. Now I believe I understand them.
Then my attention span jumped to chaining and doing the first row of a baby quilt. The rest of the day was spent trying to sleep off the Oxycodone
Today was a trip back into Seattle to see the doctor. He was pleased with the way the foot looks.
He had the big splint taken off as well as the stitches removed.
This is the small opening through which they got soft interior bone to graft to the ankle.
Then I got this wonderful boot, which I really like. It is much more comfortable, feels like it supports my foot, and is removable. Also, it gives me clothing options, since I only had two pair of shorts that would go over the splint. The new guidelines are that the first week, I can use the walker by just putting a little weight on this foot, and each week I can add, so that – as long as there is no pain – in a month I may be able to walk without the walker. After that, it will be a matter of strength training on this leg. Anyway, that’s the current plan.
This was the lovely view coming down the hill to our home this morning after my workout at the gym. We live just over the hill you see at the end of the road.
This is my end of the week knitting report for 11/20/15. I now have two pair of socks that are past the instep and ready to be finished when I don’t have to think. Someday soon, I’ll get a finish. A good time to do mindless knitting is when I’m a passenger in a car.
And I was a passenger this afternoon when we delivered all the little hats to the children’s hospital. Instead, I slept. That didn’t get much knitting done. Along with these hats, Bill crocheted 30 little hats. His hats took a lot more effort than mind did.
It has been a good week. Finishes included the monogrammed pumpkins which have been delivered for Thanksgiving, the owls for the boys, the pillow for one birthday, 2 pillowcases for the other, a tote for yet another birthday, and the quilting on a quilt that has waited for over a year. I’ve tried to get things done by today, since Sunday starts a week filled with a birthday lunch, appointments, and Thanksgiving. And the next week is surgery. So this may be the end of much productivity for a while.
Mary and I spent about 5 hours learning this Scan and Cut machine. I found a quilt that has many small pieces to cut and applique and thought that if we conquered that, we’d be well on our way to mastering this machine. I was correct!. And so far, we have learned much, but not conquered the machine. We have to remember all the steps to be able to repeat them. We managed to get a few pieces cut out. The idea is to scan in a pattern or several and the machine will cut them out. Tomorrow, I’ll try and cut a few more out. The instructions had lots of missing bits of knowledge.
Then I took time to work on a pair of short summer socks.
I have finished the heel and have picked up the stitches for the instep,, so can now put these away for working on without the brain in gear and can start another pair.
These are another 15 jars of strawberry jam that will be used as gifts. We like the good sized pieces of strawberry in it that you see floating. We stir them together when we open the jar.
And after 9 long rows, this is what mine looks like. Something appears to be wrong, so another day, I will frog this and try again.
I failed to mention yesterday that the yarn used was Regia and I knitted them as a “plain Jane” pair of socks.
