SIMPLE SHAWL FOLLOW UP

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:17:00 -0400, S Schwartz spewed forth :

I broke my arm three summers ago, had my wrist fixed earlier this year. I was unable to knit for 6 weeks the first time, almost three weeks the second.

Yesterday I tripped, really did a number on my great toe. I can hobble about, can't use crutches (see reference to wrist work), so I'll be spending quite a bit of time on my butt with my foot up. It's amazing how much knitting I can do when my pat response to "Mom, can you get me...?" is "sorry, can't get up, foot's on ice, ask your dad or get it yourself"!

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Knitty Gritty is a great show for the knitters. I watch it when I think of it.

Welcome to our group, Yow will find a great amount of knowledge covering most of knitting.

Let us know how you shawl comes out.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Sorry to hear about your ankle, Susan, but what a great excuse to sit and knit all day! I hope you are feeling better. Welcome to RCTY - we are a friendly group. But then, you already know that. don't you?

Higs, Katherine

If you aren't already doing this, here's another hint. When I had foot surgery while dh was still working, I set myself up with several kinds of needlework and reading matter, with the telephone, a large drink and an ashtray on my side table, AND a container of moist-wipe towelettes close to hand, so that the only time I had to get up was to go to the bathroom, and once a day to fetch a lunch.

Olwyn mary in New Orleans.

On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:56:39 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@telus.net (Els van Dam) spewed forth :

Heh, I sprained my toe like nobody's business. I'm pretty sure it isn't broken, as I *can* move it and I'm able to put more weight on it today.

As for how it happened, it was an accident.

I am getting a new pair of shoes out of it, as my Birkenstock flipflops are in the shoe hospital for a rebuild and my other shoes break across the tops of my toes in just the wrong place. Actually I should get off my butt and have a shower so I can go shopping...

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I hope you're right.

That's what my sister thought; when it didn't stop hurting after a month, she had it xrayed and it was broken, and then I think it was too late to do much but wait for it to heal somehow. If she'd had it checked right away, they could have strapped it into position to heal faster and straighter.

If it's hurting less, that's good, but being able to move it doesn't mean much. It could still be broken.

=Tamar