Monthly Archives: February 2012

Oh dear…

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Needlepoint: Work on the mouse is progressing nicely. Many hours of stitching last week has produced this,

this,

this,

and this.

Half marathon training: This is my favourite week of training – the taper week before the race.This morning’s walk (the last long walk before the race) started out bright and early. Suddenly, I went flying and did this. It happened so quickly that I don’r know if I tripped over something or stepped on something that threw me off balance.

Fortunately, I was only a km from home, but, by the time I got back, my ankle had started to swell and was soon much larger and very tender.  I am trying to figure out how I messed up my right ankle and scraped the outside of my left knee. My jacket took most of the jolt to my left elbow, so I must have rolled. I was moving very quickly. I don’t think I did too much damage or I wouldn’t have been able to walk home. Lots of ice and rest should look after things before Sunday. The ankle is taped and I can walk much better already, so I have high hopes.

so, it looks like I will be doing a lot of stitching for the rest of the week while my ankle heals.

 

 

It’s winter!

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Winter is here.

Point made. Now go away – please.

The last week has been very productive. The Clan Ross Canada newsletter is now history. Only one more to go, and my summer will be free of editing (the fun part), stuffing, addressing, stamping, mailing, and the odd unexpected irritation that does its best to annoy my happiness.

Knitting: The Moss Scarf has been cast on.  It is knit on 3.5 mm needles in Fantastic Knitting Zephyr lace weight, 50% merino wool and 50% silk, a new fibre for me that is proving very easy to knit.

The colour, basil, is one of my favourite greens. I purchased the kit from Anne Corcoran, the designer of the scarf and the guest speaker at the January meeting of the Downtown Knit Collective.

Needlepoint: The Christmas stocking is coming along nicely.

I have put it aside until the thread I need arrives.

Several hours of work on the Christmas mouse has produced this.

Half Marathon Training: By this time two weeks from now, the Chilly Half Marathon will be over. The second last week of training is always the hardest, beginning with the 20 km walk scheduled for tomorrow morning. The remaining 26 km is spread throughout the week. Last Sunday’s 18 km was somewhat challenging until the sidewalk plows had done their work.  Navigating snow and ice adds a whole new challenge to completing the distance. Tomorrow looks like it will be more of the same – see above.

Current Reading: Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James

 

 

 

A mixed bag

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An interesting week and a half….

The first draft of the Clan Ross Canada newsletter is complete,and ready for the final edit.

A lot of paper work completed after last week’s monthly Sigma Xi executive/ board meeting.

Knitting: The camel spin scarf is done and is ready for a good soak and blocking.  The blocked Silk Whisker Ruana is now a long sweater vest..

Needlepoint: I managed a bit of stitching on the Christmas stocking, but had to stop until I picked up another thread.

A visit to Cindy’s Needleart Superbowl Sale resulted in this:

which, with the canvases, stitch guide, and several hundred hours of stitching, will become this.

I have coveted this pattern for a long time and am looking really forward to stitching it.

Half marathon training: Two Sundays ago, a sudden sharp pain on the side of my knee made finishing the long walk extremely painful (There was nowhere to catch a bus or get a ride). The concensus was that I had an IT band problem. On Monday, my knee was fine, so I rested it for a couple of days then started back training on Wednesday. Following the KISS principal, I also bought new shoes to replace the old ones which were well beyond their recommended life span and which could have been responsible for the pain. Sunday’s 19+ km was pain free. I hope the problem is solved and does not re-occur. The time is quickly approaching (less than four weeks) for the Chilly Half and I am really enjoying the longer distances.