Not sure when or if...

 

 

Cat jumped on my bedside table and misjudged the jump and fell. Instinctively I reached out to grab him and he latched on to my finger and wouldn't let go

I was punctured eleven times and couldn't stop the blood cos of my blood thinners. Like a sieve. Carpet bedding. All covered

Went to doc who started antibiotics with next day review. And that night Joey jumped onto the kitchen table and I told him to get down. He swiped at my sore hand again

Luckily I put it away away before he connected Chris said he's got to go. So I rang the pound. Went hospital as doc wasn't happy with my hand. Traralgon told me to go Dandenong for surgery so here l am

Treatment is IV antibiotics and Betadine washes and elevation

Fasting from 7pm tonight in case they want to wash it out again tomorrow

The pain is described in 1 word..childbirth. thanks for prayers. I don't want more surgery and the diabetes is not helping me heal. I am not sure when or if I will be able to knit or crochet again...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Same. Same.

So this weekend my grandaughter came for a visit. She is currently 33 weeks pregnant and we were discussing her preparations for the baby.

She told me she has been looking for a pink cardigan to bring her baby home in. So I offered to make her one. I am repeating this one I made for her cousin's baby.  

I made another one as well, but she prefers pink and I can only manage this last one for the moment.

My hands are hurting and I have limited spoons due to fibromyalgia, so this last one will be fully crocheted. It doesn't seem to hurt them as much as knitting at the moment.

Although the new one will be fully crocheted, it will fairly similar... very alike. Same. Same.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Perhaps this will help.

You may recall I suffer from trigger finger and arthritis in my hands. It's only recently that I have taken up knitting and crochet after putting it away for a few years.

Today I came across an advertisement for supports for the thumb area that kills us as we knit or crochet.

Here is the link!   I am not affiliated with this company, but just want to pass information on to others who suffer similar pains and who miss being creative because of it.  

Perhaps this will help.

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Knitting is good for your health

 

I just came across this video about how knitting (and crochet) are good for your health. Check it out! 

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

I made one like this

Few garments are as bound up with the image of Ireland as the Aran sweater, that heavy cream coloured jumper worked all over with cables, diamonds and honeycomb. It takes its name from the three windswept Aran Islands at the mouth of Galway Bay, where the knitting tradition was carried to a high art.

The undyed wool, once left rich in its natural oils, helped turn the wind and rain of the Atlantic, and every household had its own way of working the stitches. The patterns were never merely decorative, for the cable is said to echo the fisherman's ropes and the diamond the small stone walled fields of the islands.

Today the Aran sweater is worn around the world, but it began as honest island clothing, knitted by firelight for husbands and sons who worked the sea. In each family's stitches was a quiet kind of signature, a piece of home worn close to the heart. -author unknown

I saw this picture of this beautiful Aran jumper in heavy beige wool and it took me back to the one I knitted for my ex-husband when we were engaged. It was made in Jet Wool about 8ply.

I loved making it but it got very heavy as it grew. I had to post this for myself to remember...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Lovely to see the end result!

 

                                          

You may recall I crocheted a lemon and white baby shawl for my granddaughter, Jessica. Well it has finally been used. 

Jessica recently gave birth to a sweet little great-granddaughter and she chose it to bring her home in.

Although I have been in hospital and don't have the spoons to crochet or knit for the moment, it is still lovely to see the end result! 

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

Such a nifty hack!

I came across this from a group called 5 Minute Crafts.  I thought it might be handy so I posted it for you!

The one with the safety pin and measuring tape was my favourite!

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys

Feeling creative again!

 

After quite some time of feeling unwell, I have turned the corner and am feeling creative again.

These darling baby bibs are my next projects. I have one blue and two pink ones to do.. with the babies due in a few weeks, I will have to pull my finger out!

Here are the free patterns I downloaded. I will post a pic of them when they are finished! 

Its' so good to feel creative again! 

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys 

"A Sustaining Passion"

 

There’s a kind of quiet therapy in simple, repetitive tasks. Knitting, chopping vegetables, folding laundry, shelling peas — nothing demanding, nothing urgent. Just hands busy and mind slowly unwinding.

Kathleen S. Giles, "A Sustaining Passion"

Not feeling creative...

                                  

I have had to pack away the wool and knitting needles for a while. I simply have no spoons (energy) to knit or crochet...

These last few weeks have been horrid. My fatigue and pain levels were so high that I had to have Prednisolone to bring down the inflammation from my Polymyalgia Rheumatica and fibromyalgia.

I have been so fatigued that I  have to have a nana nap after breakfast. Without it I can't even function. So I have had to just do the basics to keep our home clean and keep us watered and fed.

As soon as I feel better, spoons withstanding, I will be back to knitting and feeling creative again...

Keep clicking and stitching,

Glenys