My knitting has been sidelined for a while. The Curaçao Diamonds did number on my left arm. I really love those socks but the fingering weight cotton blend yarn and US #1 knitting needles were too much for those muscles especially since I hurried through the second one.
I looked up my symptoms and self-diagnosed tennis elbow. Rest and a combination of heat and ice are the only things that will help.
Once my arm feels better, my knitting queue will include seamless slippers (requested by my other sister-in-law), some baby hats (from super soft stash yarn), and a new sweater for Pepper. The slippers will likely be Frankensteined while using up odds and ends of worsted weight yarns. Pepper’s sweater will be from my yarn stash, too.
And speaking of Pepper, she is the star* of our training sessions! We’ve gone to two so far and she and I are learning how to communicate better.
*Never mind that our sessions are one-on-one with the trainer!
Happy knitting!
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Love the idea of “Frankenstein” slippers. Good warning about fingering weight cotton yarn. I’ll stick to my wool blends,
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I prefer wool, too.
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Arthritis in the hands isn’t great for crocheters either. Chickens with super bulky yarn? No problem. Dino with small yarn? No bueno.
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Hope your arm recovers soon…and Pepper is a perfect 😇.
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Yes, she is the perfect angel. 😊
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Hope you heal quickly! Socks are great!
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I’m so glad things are working out with the trainer.
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