Modern science is awesome – 10 days after surgery – stitches removed and temporary strips in place to finish off the mending process! The doctor was thrilled with the healing that has taken place and has prescribed 6-8 weeks of physical therapy.
And for those of you on the squeamish side; I promise to wait a while before sharing the next picture – I suspect that the next few weeks of healing won’t be pretty!
Just prior to the Tour de Fleece I was approached about hosting a swap for scraps and thought it would lend to a fabulous spin along for members of the ITW Ravelry Forum.
Assuming that most folks on the Tour ransacked their stash bins we thought it also safe to assume that some came across some fiber that fits the “what was I thinking?!” category and would love to “repurpose” it somehow…
The idea is simple:
Send 4 or 8 ounces of hand dyed fiber to my attention (full details can be found on the forum) and once the fiber is received, the fiber will be divided into little bundles of random goodness and within a week’s time redistributed to everyone involved.
Some guidelines:
Fiber must be received by September 23, 2010. Turn around will be about a week. Then the fun really starts…
Participants will have approximately two months to spin some fabulous and funky patchwork yarn and share their process and progress along the way. Prizes will be awarded – categories to be announced as the fiber starts to arrive!
Oh and if your curious about the whole “Swap for Scraps” idea – I cannot lay claim to the idea – there is a whole group devoted to the exchange and creation of crazy scraps yarns.
Feel inspired? Want to get a little crazy? If you’re interested and intend on shipping some fiber off to ITW central, please “sign up” in the thread.
Dyed in 75/25 Bluefaced Leicester/Silk Blended Top
I am home safe and sorta sound and thanks to the marvels of modern science I am feeling no pain! From what we can tell the surgery was a success – however – in this situation, only time will tell…
Apparently along with the painkillers (or lack of morning coffee) I have lost the ability to dictate a normal post so today’s message is brought to you by the power of the off-hand-hunt-and-peck method. Needless to say the post will be really shor
Dyed in Bluefaced Leicester Wool Top
Official approval was granted not long after the July post – but – it was not until this morning that everything has been confirmed; the first surgery will take place on Monday August 23rd at 7:30am! And with that news it appears that this weekend just turned into the busiest weekend of my life, there are so many things to accomplish before I am laid up!!
I will spare you all the nervous details and check in with you next week!
Dyed in Polwarth Wool Top
Dyed in Bluefaced Leicester.
Dyed in 56’s Falkland Wool Top
