Last evening, a sign I was doing better, I just had to make something. I've been thinking about Tunisian crocheting for a while, haven't done it since this
and this
And, since I didn't have the energy to cross the room and search for materials, I rummaged in my knitting bag for my repair crochet hook, and the yarn I'd been using for the gloves.
All set, I started on what will be a phone purse with a strap to wear it. I've made and given a lot of these to people who keep losing their phones.
You can do Tunisian crochet with a big hook but I didn't need mine, which was upstairs anyway, for this little project.
It's a two part process: work the stitches, here I'm using Simple Stitch, then work back casting them off ready for the next row.
I think this is probably a sign of returning health. Handsome Son had told me most people he knew who went down with whatever this is, were down for about seven days, which is where I am.
Gary stopped in last evening, was distraught I hadn't called on him to help, but I explained I had what I needed and didn't want to expose people.
He took out my garbage and instructed me to call if there was anything. He noticed the Christmas table and I explained we haven't celebrated yet. I think I may have to dust the dishes when we do!
All in all, a better day than for a while. The temps are going up to the 50s f. which suits me better, more humidity in the air.
Happy day everyone! I think I may resolve next year, which is next week, not to try to catch up, just to accept that some things didn't get done and there's no rush to get all up to speed.
That will be an entire new way of looking at the world for this driven little person! About time, though.
Cheers!
Good resolution! And so glad you are feeling good enough to create!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're starting to feel well enough to create!
ReplyDeleteIt is about time! So pleased you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteAbout making: it's the other way around. I need to be using my hands. Then I start to feel better.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're feeling creative. That is surely a good sign. I wonder if you have the same thing I had? Mine lasted six days. (And I still have an intermittent cough.)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are feeling better!
ReplyDeletePrayers continue for your good health
ReplyDeleteDo you take zinc?
Wishing you the best
May
Wow! Such creativity! Nice collage They are all beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLower middle is a favorite because I like teal.
Sounds like you're on the mend for real this time. Take it easy for a couple more days, so it doesn't whip around and bite you again (just ask my Mike, who was possibly more impatient to get back to Making Mode than you, and got flattened for a couple more days).
ReplyDeleteGlad Gary checked in on you. Next time (which I hope there won't be!), it might be a kindness to alert him that you're under the weather and will call on him if you need to. It seems he's the kind who wouldn't get underfoot under those conditions.
Chris from Boise, Giver of Unasked-for Advice
So happy your feeling better.
ReplyDeleteI too have decided I don’t need to get up and get going everyday. It’s time I just took things easy. It’s a hard lesson for those of us that are used to hit the ground running. But there really isn’t any reason everything has to get done in the first two hours of every day.
F is beginning to have to accept the life view you express at the end of your post. She simply wonders how everything used to get fitted into life, and why it doesn't seem to do so now. Glad to read you are recovering at last. The Tunisian crochet looks interesting.
ReplyDeleteA bit of gentle craft is healing for the body and the soul.
ReplyDeleteTunisian crochet is on my list to learn next year. I will be swapping sock lessons for crochet lesson so win win for both of us.
Catching up is a strange concept but one we so often use and all it does is make us feel worse for not doing something in the first place. It is either done or not done - no need to catch up. Do it when you do it.
Always a good sign when one wants to make something! Glad you are on the mend!
ReplyDeleteA slight upturn then.
ReplyDeleteSlightly off topic: my mom used to make afghans from that stitch, I don't remember what it was called. She used a fat, long needle. I can recall her slipping excess stitches off onto a holding thread. I feel like it was call an afghan stitch. I just looked it up; it's called Tunisian crochet. We are so blessed with access to instant answers.
ReplyDeleteI had "it" for four weeks. I hope you get over "it" sooner.
Now I remember, she used a circular needle to make large afghans. They would cover a bed. She had to be careful about not confusing the working needle!
Good to hear you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteA good sign that you are feeling as though you want to be creative. I won't harp on you to take it easy because I know you know that already (but do, please).
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