Peggy Stuart's Blog – November 2009 Archive (3)

Help for a Knitting Buddy?

This is the problem:

Thanksgiving dinner was at my friend Barbara's. (Actually, I have several friends named Barbara.) She has a knitting problem and asked my help. I sort of have an idea of how to solve it, but I promised Barb I would share her project with the best knitting minds in the world. Her non-knitting friend saw… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on November 29, 2009 at 6:00pm — 22 Comments

Where There's a Will...

I'm knitting! Well, sort of. Some of you will remember that I had a cast put on my right hand to protect my thumb from injury while it recovers from its recent surgery. (Three weeks ago today, but who's counting?) I've been spinning up a storm since getting the cast on. Here's some finished yarn:

It's the chocolate alpaca I bought from Linda. More on that later.

Some of you may know that my DD is expecting her first baby. [Happy… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on November 24, 2009 at 11:30am — 81 Comments

Cast On, Part Deux

Cast on, yeah, but not for a new project! Today I got the cast on my right hand. We'll see how much I can do in a few days. Here's what it looked like last Tuesday, as I was getting ready for surgery. As usual, they had to pry my knitting from my busy hands. They even got my glasses first!

As with the first surgery, the trapezium, a little bone at the bottom of the thumb, right above the wrist, had to be removed because the cartilage… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on November 9, 2009 at 3:50pm — 18 Comments