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Monthly Archives: February 2020

Attending StitchesWest 2020?

Knitivity Posted on 20 February 2020 by Knitterman20 February 2020

Are you attending Stitches West 2020 out on the West Coast this weekend?

With all the health and other issues recently, it had slipped from memory that way last fall I had shipped 48 full-size skeins of Knitivity’s Phydlbitz Sock and some Lovely Sock to my friend Lisa to be distributed this weekend for Stitches West.   Lisa and Dez are there this weekend and called me to cheer me up, and reminded me they are sharing my yarns with friends and others there.

Those yarns were marked with a special offer for folks attending StitchesWest.  Since those visiting will land on this page first, I wanted to be sure to let folks know that this offer will be honored as soon as I am back dyeing yarns again.  As I said in the previous post, I’m anticipating this will be by the end of March, so not too far away in real life although for me it seems like an eternity away.    🙂

I hope all my fellow knitters, crocheters, and other crafters are having a blast at Stitches West this weekend, and to drop me a note down in the comments box that you received a yarn.  Even if you don’t order right away, I would love to know what you think of the yarn you received and what you plan to make with it.    🙂   Also, if you leave a comment, let me know where you are — it always excites me to know my yarn has traveled to some new part of the world.

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Knitivity Posted on 18 February 2020 by Knitterman18 February 2020

I could have sworn I put up a post here after I’d been home from surgery, but I can’t find it.  🙁

Anyway, today is four weeks from surgery.  For those who don’t know, I had to have my aorta replaced because of scar tissue build-up all around it, in several places.  Original diagnosis was aneurysm, but it was so much more (and worse).  After the surgery, while in SICU, they discovered I was losing blood and had to take me back into surgery and patched up the leak and gave me 4 units of blood.   And there were some other complications over the first couple days.  Details aren’t necessary; suffice to say I wasn’t the typical aortic aneurysm case.

Prior to surgery, I had the naive belief that by this point 4 weeks later I’d be getting ready to start dyeing again.   Boy, was I mistaken!  I came home on the 9th day and have been recuperating ever since. My daughter has been a terrific help along the way (and several friends have also sent help from a distance), but I’m regaining my independence slowly.  Like, I had already discovered the miracle of DoorDash to bring me meals, but now I have also figured out getting groceries delivered from Kroger!

Outside there is a concrete pad, about 30 feet long alongside the mobile home.  Using a walker I have progressed to taking 2 laps of the pad twice a day, rebuilding my strength and endurance.  I also have to do some various leg motion exercises, at least twice a day.  It is exhausting!

Because of the complications, this ordeal seriously affected my ability to eat, as well as to process food after eating.  I’m down to about 150 pounds — since November I’ve lost almost 1/4 of my weight.  Thankfully, appetite and digestion are s-l-o-w-l-y getting back to normal, but it’s not like normal and won’t be for a long while.  I just have to keep remembering to eat on a somewhat normal routine, take small meals more frequently.  UGH

I have a long way to go before I can seriously consider start dyeing as I used to.  It takes 2 or 3 trips to the kitchen just to stand up long enough to complete washing a load of dishes.  I can’t even fathom standing up for a couple hours to dye a load of yarns.   BUT… in a few weeks I hope to at least try dyeing 2-3 skeins at a time and start rebuilding my strength and endurance.   And regain a normal appetite to rebuild my body.

I do my exercises, I try to eat as best I can, and then sit like a lump to rest in between efforts.  I’m getting there and doing my best to get ready to start working.  The doctors have strenuously warned me about over-doing things; the external incision is healing, but all the internal stuff is trying to mend, and over-doing things can lead to hernias and other troubles.  Fortunately (so far), my body readily tells me “enough is enough, just sit down”.  And I obey.

So, anyway, I wanted to post this so you know what’s happening.  I’m looking toward the end of March to have a load of Blog Reader Specials to show you.  It seems like forever from now, but I am working at it.

 

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