I hope you all have a lovely day with family and friends and enjoy some wonderful food. There are plenty of photos of holiday crafts and recipes out there, so instead, today I present to you a new bud on my Thansgiving cactus. I have done none of the things I’m supposed to do to get blooms. I’m am thankful that it is happy where it is and is thriving on my watering schedule.
I was looking through my yarn stash for a bit of something and came across a UFO (or UnFinished Project as crafters like to call them). I was truly shocked, as I don’t have many UFOs (although I have many that I call done that never get used, so there you go). Turns out I blogged about them. Two years ago. Hm. I left them with only the ends to be woven in, a process that took about a half-hour to complete. I think I know why I abandoned the project, the heels are very strange and twisted. Laying there, the socks look uncomfortable.
I wove in the ends anyway and tried them on. The wonky heels didn’t make any difference in the fit. Huh. Well cool, now I have a pair of wool socks.
Hm. These socks are really comfy. I may have to attempt another pair. In a different pattern.
Because this cracks me up.
We do have some real fall color, where people have planted maple trees in town.
My podiatrist said that bicycling or using an elliptical would be acceptable for exercise while my tendon is healing. We have an old mini bike that I set up in front of a stool and I can pedal while leaving my hands free to spin yarn! Not as nice as walking outside, but a good podcast makes it a little better. I do switch sides where my drop spindle hangs to balance out, since I can’t hang it straight down. If left to my own devices I will craft and not exercise, so this gets me to actually get some workout in.
So I feel the “boot”, which is placed on humans to help healing for foot issues, is akin to the Elizabethan collar or “cone of shame” for dogs. Something done for our own good, but which is dreadfully embarrassing to wear. Yes, I have to wear a boot. I injured my Achilles tendon, but continued to walk on it for two months, so really it is just desserts. Doesn’t mean I have to like it. And there are things that still must be done. Like going out to tend chickens. For that, I wrapped the boot in a garbage bag to avoid getting muck on it. The hens were not impressed and are quite wary of my giant black limb.
I also just started back into lathe work. A boot full of wood shavings is a terrible thing; the flakes stick to the neoprene fabric like Velcro and once inside are terribly itchy. So I sewed a large fabric bag out of an old drop cloth and added a pull string closure. Before making saw dust, I pull this over my boot to protect it. Running the sewing machine with my left foot was an interesting experience, by the way (I do take the boot off to drive, doc said it was OK, so that is something).
The worst bit is no walks. Which means I can’t spin yarn and walk. For a month. <twitch> Doc says I can bicycle or use an elliptical machine. OK. Now to figure out how to spin and do that. Hm.
Critters and Craft 