I've been having trouble with my left shoulder and I thought it was because I have ramped up my strength training. It's been bothering me for about 10 days now, and I have tried to be careful with it. The wellness director said that if I had lost range of motion with the soreness, I should take it easy. Since I had trouble buckling my seatbelt, I thought that that counted as a problem with range of motion. But as I have been thinking back on the problem, I don't think it is my exercise routine - it was jamming one end of the pruners in my left armpit to cut branches. That is exactly where it still hurts.
It hasn't stopped me from knitting though. I have four projects on the needles: the second coriolis sock out of Ella Mae, the Vogue shrug out of Lorna's Laces worsted, and the Koigu toreador jacket out of Lorna's also. O wait, my husband's Valentine gift - a season 18 Dr. Who scarf - scaled down to be wearable. We just got satellite TV, and I found Dr. Who on the BBCA channel DNFH was thrilled, so I decided to knit him a scarf for the occasion.
My obsession is becoming infectious. I now have three students learning to knit scarves. They pile into my office to use my fast computer to look at yarns and drool just as I do. What fun. One student brought her sister and encouraged her to make a scarf also. The older sister received her yarn two weeks ago and (on large needles) already has a six-foot scarf. She is also on the High Honor roll, so I know her homework didn't suffer. She is a powerhouse knitter.
Oh, yes, grape pruning. Friends came over Saturday and we spent three hours digging old grapevines out of the brush and honeysuckle and pounding in supports and pruning them. It was wonderful to have expert help on this. These vines are at least 50 years old and precious to my husband, but I guess not precious enough to take care of. ") Now they show off their old bark and beautiful twisted vines, and have light and air to produce lots of pitty Concord grapes this fall. I made the trimmings into a wreath for the house. I may get more artsy with it, but right now it is simple and lovely.
My yarn from Artfibers has already shipped! I was hoping to have a couple more weeks to finish SOMETHING, but it is not to be. I know it will be on the needles as soon as it arrives. It will be the star skirt from Ravelry -it was the yarn it called for. My student picked out the color for me, as he knows my wardrobe colors and preferences better than I do. We've been working together for three years.
My next victim (er, student) is due to arrive. I'll try to remember to get some pictures up of the grapevines later. Namaste.
It hasn't stopped me from knitting though. I have four projects on the needles: the second coriolis sock out of Ella Mae, the Vogue shrug out of Lorna's Laces worsted, and the Koigu toreador jacket out of Lorna's also. O wait, my husband's Valentine gift - a season 18 Dr. Who scarf - scaled down to be wearable. We just got satellite TV, and I found Dr. Who on the BBCA channel DNFH was thrilled, so I decided to knit him a scarf for the occasion.
My obsession is becoming infectious. I now have three students learning to knit scarves. They pile into my office to use my fast computer to look at yarns and drool just as I do. What fun. One student brought her sister and encouraged her to make a scarf also. The older sister received her yarn two weeks ago and (on large needles) already has a six-foot scarf. She is also on the High Honor roll, so I know her homework didn't suffer. She is a powerhouse knitter.
Oh, yes, grape pruning. Friends came over Saturday and we spent three hours digging old grapevines out of the brush and honeysuckle and pounding in supports and pruning them. It was wonderful to have expert help on this. These vines are at least 50 years old and precious to my husband, but I guess not precious enough to take care of. ") Now they show off their old bark and beautiful twisted vines, and have light and air to produce lots of pitty Concord grapes this fall. I made the trimmings into a wreath for the house. I may get more artsy with it, but right now it is simple and lovely.
My yarn from Artfibers has already shipped! I was hoping to have a couple more weeks to finish SOMETHING, but it is not to be. I know it will be on the needles as soon as it arrives. It will be the star skirt from Ravelry -it was the yarn it called for. My student picked out the color for me, as he knows my wardrobe colors and preferences better than I do. We've been working together for three years.
My next victim (er, student) is due to arrive. I'll try to remember to get some pictures up of the grapevines later. Namaste.
No comments:
Post a Comment