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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Projects


I have mostly been successful on the yarn diet because I stopped knitting for awhile.  I tore my left TFCC and then the right.  I finally broke down last year and got a steroid shot which helped a lot, but then the right one started to act up.  The TFCC (The triangular fibrocartilage complex)  cushions the wrist bones  on the baby finger side of the wrist.  I wore wrist widgets all the time which helped a lot.  I finally got the right one injected and this had a steroid flare which demoralized me for a couple of days.  Luckily with ice and some NSAIDS I was better in two days.  Since I use a walker/AK prosthesis or wheelchair, I rely on my arms a lot and the drama princess was very sad, scared and in pain.  Mostly better now.  Yay!


I managed 3 skeins of yarn during and after The Tour de Fleece.  The small skein is Shetland, chain-plied and a bit of a mess.  The singles were way over-plied and I never really got the chain ply rhythm.  The colorful skein is a two ply merino, bamboo, nylon fiber, and the dark skein is "charcoal" baby alpaca, also two-ply.  


Then out came the beads.  I actually fed this stash and have to stop now.  They are addicting! I made two rosaries for friends, a bracelet using some cross links made by Cathy Dailey and a bunch of shamballa-type bracelets.

I used overhand knots between the beads and a sliding knot.  I put my Thread Zap II to good use with the nylon cord.  I found a cool video on how to use it.

I finally found a great fabric for  Marietta's Jedi cape.  Now I just have to locate the rest of the costume.  Pattern:  Read Creations Galactic Warrior Robe  Fabric:  Raw silk from Silk Fabric Etsy store.