Hospital knitting- longish

"Sarah Grace" wrote
Dear Katherine

Thank you so much! I must insist, though, that you take time to craft
(doctors
orders).

I am trying, Sarah! School has been cancelled for this morning, so I should
be able to do some knitting - as long as I get away from the computer. g

Dm and I were discussing how we feel carried along on a cloud of prayers
and
positive vibes and i know that it is that which is helping us to get
through
this.

Of course it is! All this good karma has to do something!
Hugs,
Katherine

Sarah, prayers going out to you and yours through this difficult time! Keep
us posted, and vent as needed, as we care about you here!

Karen in MN


"Sarah Grace" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone

Just wanted to touch base with you all and catch up on my obligations. I
hope
Jenn receives her package soon and one went off to Nora as well so please
keep
an eye out, Nora.

OT bit: The last week has been like a horrible limbo- Dsis was lavished
with
attention in hospital and her pain was controlled but due to policy
changes our
amazing general surgeon friend can't do the op so she has been referred to
a
specialist centre. She came home for the weekend but was readmitted into
the
new hospital yesterday and after being in a side room with super new
equipment
(tv, phone, email) she is outraged to discover life in an old fashioned
hospital. Cancer has been mentioned along with hysterectomy so it has
been a
rather terrifying journey. I am just praying that they will need to do
only
the minimum *and* that they can squeeze her in this week- the prof's list
is
chocka block and his is away next week.

So i have been knitting and spinning and spinning and knitting. The wheel
was
allowed to enter the living room and i have been mindlessly spinning and
processing my manx loaghtan. I have been carrying a booga bag around on
needles and have been knitting some Nancy Bush socks for my Dad's
Christmas
pressie- out of hand spun mind you! That was until he commented on how
itchy
they looked -humphffff and grrrr-. They are not at all itchy, ok not
exactly a
yarn to make a vest out of (cheviot and leicester x with black welsh top,
heel
and toes) but for a sock they are fine. They are turning out big anyway
so i
will rip them back and he can have something hideous instead. Any
suggestions?

Thank goodness yarn crafts keep you vaguely sane- my paternal relatives
are
whitterers when they are panicked and i am practising being calm and
smiley.
My aunt in Spain got rollicked though when she rang last night, the moment
i
had left my father (deep calm breaths) (she rang him first and he
thoughtfully
told her to ring me) and told me my cousin was coming to stay on
Saturday...erm
dream on

Oh dear this is a bit of a vent- i hope you don't mind but I am trying to
be
vaguely rock like to the family but gosh it is hard.

I started the post to say that i find the need to take a plethora of
projects
with me whenever i am near the hospital- the Bush sock is biting the dust,
but
i am fancying doing some others. I thought of using the lopi Sue DC
swapped
with me for Dawn Brocco's lopi socks- anyone done these? I also like the
look
of EZ's Moccasins- anyone done these and any comments about comfort. The
weather here in the UK is rarely really really cold so i need something
warm
but not ridiculously thick and oven like.

I have just felted booga bag #1 for the 3rd time (fulled- i know) and i
likey.
So i think i will do another with the remains of my KA experiments of the
other
week. It's a bit summery but hey i don't care. I am having some
butterflies
cast in silver and will set some czs in them and plan to hang one on each
bag
for a complete gift.

Ok i am signing off now- sorry again about the length. Thank you all**
for
your thoughts and words- we are not out of the woods yet (so please
continue)
but we are maybe heading in the right direction.

Bigs hugs and best regards
Sarah

Karen wrote:
Sarah, prayers going out to you and yours through this difficult time! Keep
us posted, and vent as needed, as we care about you here!

Thank you for those words Karen, they mean a lot.

Regards
Sarah