Knee surgery

[Crankin]

Glad to hear you are moving along in healing. Hopefully, you are not going crazy with boredom.

[Catrin]

Glad to hear you are moving along in healing. Hopefully, you are not going crazy with boredom.

Thanks! Knitting, reading, Netflix, seated kettlebell work and NOT THINKING ABOUT WORK is getting me through

[OakLeaf]

How's it going?

[Catrin]

And I saw my Ortho today, I return to the office next week

[Catrin]

Back to work today!

[OakLeaf]

Good luck! Glad you're starting to get back to normal!

[rebeccaC]

YAY!!!....more steps towards full recovery......hoping the day brings you lots of good feelings!!!!!!

[Catrin]

Now I want to strap on my hiking boots...now remember that I still have the THINK about walking properly so it's too early. Hopefully I can in 2 weeks, at least for a very short hike. I really need those boots for off-pavement due to my arthritic feet.

[Catrin]

Thanks to all for hanging in with me this last month or so. Things are improving, though I still haven't quite mastered stairs - especially going downstairs...

So here is an image of the wrap I just completed blocking, it took a solid month of knitting to do it but I didn't have much else to do. I read in the morning and started knitting in the mid-afternoon. Yes, it IS that long - ~76 inches long and about 14 inches wide. I blocked it to be 17 inches wide but the tight stitches pulled it back a bit, I suspect that is why the designer stressed the need for "extreme" blocking and gave such huge dimensions to block it do. Hard to see the detail, so the second image provides a small snapshot of a couple of the pattern blocks. Not bad for only the second knitting project I've ever done, am quite surprised at how nice it turned out!

Sorry, the images don't seem to be clickable, so I've provided another link that will hopefully allow details to be seen if you desire to see more.


(detail link here)


(Full image detail link here - quality isn't as good as I would like)

[Pax]

That is really nice! I don't know what blocking entails but it does answer a question I've always had about knitting, how do you make things square again.

[Catrin]

That is really nice! I don't know what blocking entails but it does answer a question I've always had about knitting, how do you make things square again.

If it is wool, basically you soak it in water for 30 minutes or so, squeeze out as much water as you can (no wringing!!!!), and lay it flat until it dries. Depending on the article it may need to be pinned into the proper shape. THIS project required wires that were inserted through every little stitch on all four sides, then the WIRES pinned into place to assure the proper dimensions. Normally wires are only used for blocking lace, but also for other projects with straight edges that need aggressive blocking. It took me quite some time, given I can't get on the ground or crawl around on my knees yet

[rebeccaC]

Thanks to all for hanging in with me this last month or so.

isn't that called sisterhood

the wrap looks great and like a warm addition to winter days/nights at home!!!!!

i see a successful esty site for your selling beautiful knitting

[Catrin]

It is interesting just who you find knitting. Apparently it is very good for the brain as well as the hand, it keeps both limber

BTW, I was convinced I couldn't do it either until my hands got so bad I had no choice but to give it a serious shot.

[Catrin]

Whooohoooo! FIRST kettlebell group training class this morning. Light workout, my coach is being quite vigilant, but it went well. It is good to be getting back into our little community. Also went hiking for about 30-35 minutes this afternoon with Winding Road. Slow pace, but with my new brace, hiking boots and hiking stick my knee/leg was far more stable than I was afraid it might be. I DID make certain that there was 6 hours between kettlebells and trail. I will only be in group once a week until I'm released from PT.

The quad still needs quite a lot of strengthening, but it felt great to actually be outside in the woods - even on a trail that I normally wouldn't consider hitting since it is so featureless. That lack of "trail personality" is what made it perfect for my first attempt at non-pavement walking. I did reach the point where my knee wasn't sure about it all - but that was literally 5 steps away from the picnic table at which we ended our hike I don't think I could do it without boots boots and brace, I will try it again tomorrow I think

[OakLeaf]

Yay!!!