Qulting

Well, I'm cycling out of knitting & crocheting. They're just not holding my interest like they did. Plus it's difficult to knit or crochet for any length of time with the carpal tunnel especially after work. I've gone back to sewing and quilting. I joined a quilt guild in Ft White and went to my first meeting last Saturday. They seem like really nice ladies. It was through them that I found out about the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge for charity. I started on my first pillowcase the other day. I haven't finished it yet. The instructions want me to sew wrong sides together and then do a french seam on the outside. I haven't wrapped my brain around that yet. I'm sure it's much simpler than I'm making. I'm very tempted to just use an overlocking stitch on my sewing machine and not mess with the french seams.

Merry Christmas 2009

Some updates -- the Glenn Beck afghan was sent off. We have not received an acknowledgment that he received the box. I'm really disappointed. I would have expected at least a form letter thanking us. I won't participate in another afghan of that type. I donated squares to the Sarah Palin afghan and we didn't receive an acknowledgment on that one either.

In September I had thumb joint replacement surgery so it was really, really hard to do any type of crafting. I'm just now getting back to doing a little knitting. I'm working on the Sock Blankie until the Winter Term of the Harry Potter House Cup begins.

The pain of the carpal tunnel finally went away after 4-5 months. However, because of the carpal tunnel, I'm finding that I can only knit a few rows at a time and then I have to stop for the evening. Crocheting is only one or two rows before I have to stop. I can't just sit down and knit or crochet for the evening while I "watch" TV. I can't even spend time on the computer because my hand can't stay on the mouse for very long. This is all really frustrating. Hopefully the next time I post, I'll have better news that I can knit or crochet for longer periods of time.

Glenn Beck Afghan

The Glenn Beck afghan is almost done. The squares are finally crocheted together and now I'm crocheting the border in blue. After that there's the million tales to be woven in. Each block is 8" square. The afghan is 8 blocks across by 10 blocks down. The squares were donated by members of the Glenn Beck group on Ravelry.

It's been a while ...

I haven't been able to do much these last few months. In April, I sawed down 5 small trees and injured both hands. A nerve conductivity test was done and my right hand has severe carpal tunnel and my left hand has minimum carpal tunnel. I've tried chiropractic to no avail. Currently I'm doing acupuncture and stretching. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be working either. I've made an appointment with the orthopedist to discuss my options.