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1painter42.
Yesterday's news of note comes in the form of yarn...
After a lot of decisions on my part (with the help ofdaecabhir), I have been getting ready to cast on for my first shawl.
First there was getting the right loom - a small afghan loom in 1/2" gauge from CinDwood Crafts whichnjzoomom got me for my birthday. Then there was choosing the pattern and the yarn. A nice soft alpaca in a blue-green tone that I picked up at Tuesdays Morning for cheap was selected for the Geranium Petal Shawl by MomCook - aka Renee. When I wrote Renee about my choice of yarn for the pattern, she not only gave the A-okay for the yarn but tweaked the pattern just for me so that the shawl will be large enough.
With running my pottery studio and the household, knitting time is pretty scarce as you might imagine. I often set aside little chunks of my evening, once everything else is done, for knitting. Last night was such a night. The dishes were done. Everything was put away. All that was left was for me to review the pattern and wind the first hank of yarn into a skein and then I would be knitting in no time. While I haven't knit with many super nice yarns (ones that come in hanks) I typically use the back of a kitchen chair to hold the hank while I wind it into a cake.
This particular hank was having none of that. Not even a little bit of it. Recognizing that I was in trouble, I askeddaecabhir for his help. My amazing mate came to aid even though he was tired and just wanted to sit down. He held the now somewhat jumbled hank while I worked the winder. The alpaca was not in the mood for this and became even more terribly fouled. Realizing that this was not going to be a quick or easy feat, I sent my Panda away for his R&R and I set about to make some sense of the messy melange.
Two and a half hours (*maybe* closer to three), a stiff rum drink, and a **lot** of cussing later, I had untangled the mess into a ball on one end and a started cake on the other.
daecabhir returned to the kitchen when I was just about done. My wise husband said the following words: "I reckon that there will be a yarn swift in your future." All I could do was nod. My nose was itchy from the alpaca fuzz, my back was stiff as a board, and it was way past our bedtime.
Today was errand day in F'burg, driven by an appointment with Dr. Ward. I spoke with him about the hip pain that I have been having and he said it's definitely right on the trigger point in both hips (translation = trigger point injection might help) but he cracked both sides, my middle back and my neck and advised me to warm heat and roll a runner's stick over both sides of my hip - as much as I can stand it. While I don't own a runner's stick, we do own several rolling pins and he said that should work. Dr. Ward added that normally this type of issue is aggravated by walking with a funny gait, a limp, etc..
One thing that dawned on me while I was on the treadmill this evening is that I am curious if there is any correlation to days that I walk on the treadmill and the hip pain - so I will start tracking that.
The kiln is just about full and I will fire it either tomorrow or Thursday. It's been damp and raining for a few days so firing the kiln will help dry things out and heat the house, but I need to make sure all the greenware is dry to minimize explosions in the kiln.
First things first - the treadmill update!
- Saturday the 12th = zero
- Sunday the 13th = zero
- Monday the 14th = 20 minutes (hip pain at night)
- Today = 10 minutes
1painter42.Yesterday's news of note comes in the form of yarn...
After a lot of decisions on my part (with the help of
daecabhir), I have been getting ready to cast on for my first shawl.First there was getting the right loom - a small afghan loom in 1/2" gauge from CinDwood Crafts which
njzoomom got me for my birthday. Then there was choosing the pattern and the yarn. A nice soft alpaca in a blue-green tone that I picked up at Tuesdays Morning for cheap was selected for the Geranium Petal Shawl by MomCook - aka Renee. When I wrote Renee about my choice of yarn for the pattern, she not only gave the A-okay for the yarn but tweaked the pattern just for me so that the shawl will be large enough.With running my pottery studio and the household, knitting time is pretty scarce as you might imagine. I often set aside little chunks of my evening, once everything else is done, for knitting. Last night was such a night. The dishes were done. Everything was put away. All that was left was for me to review the pattern and wind the first hank of yarn into a skein and then I would be knitting in no time. While I haven't knit with many super nice yarns (ones that come in hanks) I typically use the back of a kitchen chair to hold the hank while I wind it into a cake.
This particular hank was having none of that. Not even a little bit of it. Recognizing that I was in trouble, I asked
daecabhir for his help. My amazing mate came to aid even though he was tired and just wanted to sit down. He held the now somewhat jumbled hank while I worked the winder. The alpaca was not in the mood for this and became even more terribly fouled. Realizing that this was not going to be a quick or easy feat, I sent my Panda away for his R&R and I set about to make some sense of the messy melange.Two and a half hours (*maybe* closer to three), a stiff rum drink, and a **lot** of cussing later, I had untangled the mess into a ball on one end and a started cake on the other.
daecabhir returned to the kitchen when I was just about done. My wise husband said the following words: "I reckon that there will be a yarn swift in your future." All I could do was nod. My nose was itchy from the alpaca fuzz, my back was stiff as a board, and it was way past our bedtime.Today was errand day in F'burg, driven by an appointment with Dr. Ward. I spoke with him about the hip pain that I have been having and he said it's definitely right on the trigger point in both hips (translation = trigger point injection might help) but he cracked both sides, my middle back and my neck and advised me to warm heat and roll a runner's stick over both sides of my hip - as much as I can stand it. While I don't own a runner's stick, we do own several rolling pins and he said that should work. Dr. Ward added that normally this type of issue is aggravated by walking with a funny gait, a limp, etc..
One thing that dawned on me while I was on the treadmill this evening is that I am curious if there is any correlation to days that I walk on the treadmill and the hip pain - so I will start tracking that.
The kiln is just about full and I will fire it either tomorrow or Thursday. It's been damp and raining for a few days so firing the kiln will help dry things out and heat the house, but I need to make sure all the greenware is dry to minimize explosions in the kiln.
