My medical issues relating to colon cancer, colorectal surgery, ileostomy, parastomal hernia etc.
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? 1. Kitty Throw Great progress on the kitty throw this week. I've completed my 80 crochet squares! I just had to finish the embroidery on the cat stitch squares before going on to the next step. I wanted the cats formed by the cat stitch to have…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Same thing as last week - squares for the kitty throw! I decided to do a different style of square, working back and forth rather than in the round, following a graph design of a kitty face. Here is the design I made. My first attempt was…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Still working at squares for the kitty throw. Nothing new to show really, but I'm on the home stretch with the squares, and I've got quite a full bag of them now. I've got to make 80 in all, and then it's on to the kitty appliqué…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Cat throw My new wool has arrived, and I am very pleased with it. It seems to be nice and soft, and of good quality. My hubby said he wasn't very impressed with the standard of packing, and I had to agree! However, the contents were fine.…
Well, what can one say about 2020? So much has been said already so I'm not going to say anything! - at least, about national and world events which I actually do have a great deal to say about, but this is not a political blog. I shall stick to my own personal…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? It was so lovely to have the two Zoom meetings on Saturday - thank you Julia for arranging it all - and to put faces and voices to so many of you! In the past I've never been able to attend the meetings in person and this…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Tiny Carpet #5 complete The work on this one has progressed really well this week. Last week I left you with the green partially done. Here is the green, completed (apart from the background). To begin the backgrounds for the top and bottom sections, I have chosen…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Needle Book #3, Tiny Carpet #5 Working on the front cover of the third and final needle book. Last time I showed the chart for this design: based on this Islamic prayer mat: I am steaming ahead with the embroidery. Here is the first stage completed -…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? More on tiny carpets This week I have been working on the second tiny carpet. Here is the design I made, adapted from an image I found on Pinterest. Beginning the design. This time, I didn't attempt to start in the middle. I knew the finished dimensions…
Today I had my second telephone appointment with the physiotherapist from Women's Health regarding my bladder problem. For more information, please see my earlier post here. I had emailed my latest bladder diary to her in advance of the appointment. Iinitially she seemed to think things were improving but she noticed that I…
