Peggy Stuart's Blog – April 2009 Archive (6)

Cast On!

No, I don't get to knit yet. [sigh!] But I did get to have a cast party. Here's how it went...

It will be three more weeks. When the cast comes off, I will have a thumb splint and strengthening exercises. I can knit then. Here's what my cast looks like...…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on April 30, 2009 at 3:06pm — 15 Comments

RULE OF THUMB!

HELLO, KNITTING COMMUNITY! DOING OK AND FOLLOWING DR'S ORDERS. (ALL CAPS SIMPLIFY POSTING.)

I GOT SEVERAL PATTERN REPEATS DONE ON MY CLC SLEEVE. WHILE WAITING FOR SURGERY. THE NURSES GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT, LOL! MY SURGICAL NURSE WAS A MAN AND MY SURGEON WAS A WOMAN, A SIGN OF THE TIMES. THE NURSE LOOKED ABOUT 50, AND CUTE! IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY WONDERFUL… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on April 24, 2009 at 3:17pm — 18 Comments

Spring Arrives!

Nearly a month after the official first day of spring (aka vernal equinox), warmer weather finally arrives at 7200 feet above the Greater Salt Lake Valley. Here's one of my neighbors, going for a walk in the sun in front of my house. This always rattles Rocky's and Sunny's chain!

This means the end of snowshoe season, but the dogs had a great snowshoe… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on April 20, 2009 at 8:15am — 13 Comments

Good News and Bad News

Fellow Knitters and Spinners: I just came back from seeing the orthopedist, and I have good news and bad news. The good news is, I didn't do this to myself by knitting, spinning, quilting or posting! In fact, I didn't do it to myself at all...unless I chose my parents.

The problem is osteoarthritis, plain, simple and...genetic. What a relief! I've spent the last two weeks limiting my knitting and spinning, because I thought I had been overdoing it. The bad news is, it will continue to get… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on April 9, 2009 at 1:57pm — 10 Comments

Confessions of a Laid-up Knitter.

As some of you know, I've been having sore thumbs, and until I see the orthopedist, I'm trying very hard not to knit. This is more than the usual arthritis I've had for years. I've been spending my time reading real books from the library and signing up for two new KALs! (There was no containing me!!!)

Last night I was going through my knitting books and marking the ones I would like to make. In Bronwyn Lowenthal's Love to Knit Socks, I only found one pair I would like to make soon… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on April 3, 2009 at 6:39am — 10 Comments

Water from Lourdes Cures Dyeing Knitter!

Well, no water from Lourdes was involved. I do wonder what water from that source would do to the color of the finished project. If you are into dyeing, you know that the content of the water affects the color you get. However, Here's what I did at my spinning class on Monday:

The white yarn shows my (ick!) spindle-spun white yarn before dyeing. The dark brown yarn was pretty much unchanged. The gray is the next one, with more muted… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on April 1, 2009 at 8:30am — 5 Comments