Yes it IS A New Year

I have been prodded gently by a couple of folks, so thought it was time to update.

What have I done since the end of June? Well quite a lot really. I have added a new slideshow to cover some of it (July to December 2009). After ages of trying, and calling for help from the lovely Doreen, I suddenly lucked into the key to get it to actually upload to the blog! I have forgotten more than I ever knew, about the process.

Early in July I broke some fingers. This was no fun I can tell you! I was on my way out the front door to take Kofee-dog to the hydrobath, she was VERY excited, because going out the front door means going in the car! Yes - rides! So as I turned to lock the door, she headed off to the car, and my poor frozen fingers just snapped.

I wrestled off two rings, as soon as I got to the car because I obviously had a problem! Got to the Hydrobath, borrowed some shampoo, and managed to get another off. Went to the nearby doctor, and he sent me for an x-ray. By the time I got back to the surgery, my fingers were so swollen that my wedding ring looked like the join between sausages in a string....

He had to cut it off, but that was easier said than done! Too swollen to get the cutter under it! So he gave me one of those lovely injections between the knuckle bones, and it really hurt much less than the pain from the fingers, especially the strangling one! He was nearly sick - kept urging me to go to the hospital, which I elected to NOT, because how long would I have waited? AND people get sick at hospitals....

Take care of your bits! For a woman who is always "doing", to not be able to use your paw is a VERY wretched thing! Not to mention cooking and ironing - they become even less exciting than they ever were!

I nearly went demented during the healing stage. The hand got plastered, as the breaks were bad, and after about two weeks, I sat researching on Youtube (don't you LOVE it?), and watched some videos on Tunisian crochet. I thought I could do that, as the work is done by the right hand, I could just drape the yarn over the broken one, and use my thumb to control it a little. That worked a treat, and though it was slow, I did learn to do some Tunisian! It will be a great thing to make woollen rugs in the winter, dense and firm.

I still can't get the wedding ring fixed, as that knuckle has grown to ridiculous proportions. I might have to get it stretched out and remade. The ring I mean, not the knuckle. It has been stretched enough.

I will be back!