The Broken Arrow quilt is done!. It has been washed and dried and is ready for snuggles.
I joined Craftsy some time ago and purchased Joan Hawley’s class on “Zip it up” zipper techniques. This has to be the easiest zipper I have ever put in. I made this little “Runaround” bag to add to the tote for daughter’s birthday today. She loved both bags. Let me explain how being in a hurry helped – NOT!
First, because I watched the video awhile back, I didn’t bother to read the instructions or re-watch the video – that was the beginning of my hurry. So I put the zipper on-inside out, took it out, and started over. Glanced at instructions and put all the pieces together. then I sewed the strap to the inside, fixed that. Now, the outside back pocket is in the inside. And I knew better, but being in a hurry, I didn’t think. I just told her that I put a pocket inside. So much for a hurry. Please tell me you do things like this as well. I love reading your comments,which make me think we’re having a conversation.
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.
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.
on our way to downtown Seattle to the foot and ankle Dr. and the anesthesiologist pre-op.
The office and the scene from the window
Here are the views of my current ankle. The medical team needs to remove the three top screws and patch a lot of what looks dark behind the white which looks like an old fashioned phone receiver on the left. So the procedure is to drill a small hole in the top of the tibia (bone that runs down the front of the leg), take some of that interior bone, grind it to powder and mix it with inert bone, then insert it into the area that needs more bone because it has worn away from the friction of the hardware. Because this is living bone, they expect it will reproduce where needed. At least this is the plan for next Wednesday, which has worked well for many patients. They are hoping that it will work well for me as well. They will not know until they try it. If it does not work, they will have to go back in and replace the entire business. I know what I want. I do not know what God thinks will be best for me.
