One would think with the amount of time I spent sitting these past 7-8 weeks, I would have gotten a lot of knitting done. As it turns out, I was so tired most of the time I couldn't pick up a project. I did manage to get a couple things off the needles.
The First Impression Pants were a quick knit. These are for our new grandbaby due to arrive in October. I made these using Knit Picks Stroll. They are very stretchy. The won't fit the baby for a few months. Trisha wants me to make another pair in a smaller size to fit during the newborn months.
My second Rock It Tee was also finished. Like the first one, I knit this with Knitting Notions Classic Merino Bamboo. This time I decided to do a single color, Crimson, instead of striping. I also made the sleeves elbow length. I love the way this turned out. It is light and airy. I have 2 more colors in this yarn. Since this pattern works up so well for me, I might make a couple more but add texture or lace to the body.
Two of my other WIPs have had some progress.
Slowly adding flowers to the Astri afghan. For each flower, there are 3 ends to weave in. I spent a couple evenings dealing with the ends for the 8 rows I did. Going forward, I'm going to add a row and then take care of those ends. When this is finished, I will have woven in 2592 ends. Thankfully, most of those were done as I made each flower. 972 were left when I starting joining the flowers. I'm about a third of the way through joining the flowers. 209 flowers left to join and 648 ends to weave in.
Nila is coming along. I'm working the body. It's not a fast knit but it is interesting with all the textures. I have to work the body for 11 inches from the armhole opening. I'll try it on at that point and decide if I want to make it longer. I have plenty of yarn in case I want to extend it a bit.
The pattern has 2 options for the sleeves. The first is just a small ribbing around the arm opening and the other is elbow lenghth. I'm doing the elbow length because I don't like my upper arms showing.
The crocheted bunny I started before my surgery hasn't been touched. I need to finish him up. This is going to be a low key weekend with lots of rain in the forecast. Maybe I'll devote a little time each day to him.
In other news, I graduated to a boot on July 10. I was still non-weightbearing though. I was given the option of either a boot or a cast. The boot allowed me to shower without covering my leg in a plastic bag. I should have been non-weightbearing for only 2 weeks, but I developed a slight issue with the incision which delayed things for a week. On July 31 was allowed to start walking with the boot.
On August 14 I was given the OK to use regular shoes. I can't tell you how happy that made me. Walking out of the doctor's office felt very strange. My leg was used to having that heavy boot on it. The boot also added an inch or so. Ed needed to walk beside me to make sure I didn't tip over. Later that day after we got home, I took a very short walk down the street and back. My shin hurt like when a person starts a running routine. Things are better now. I just have to remember to wear my compression sock because my ankle swells up if I'm on my feet too long.
Well, that's all for now. Take care and see you next month!
