We survived !

Well, Joe and Ruth both survived surgeries this week...yea!
Joe had total  hip replacement at 9:30 am on Monday, and
was home by 5:00 pm on  Tuesday. Being home has been
a challenge for both of us in different ways. He is doing mostly
good...some days are better than others.  He has a
great attitude!

As mentioned last week, I thought I would have a lot
of knitting time. Turns out not as much as I thought.
Being in the hospital with someone is a lot of work....
doing things the nurses don't have time to do.

Here is my knitting...

Woodland Walk Socks
Fiber Optics Yarn
is it gray? its is tan?  depends on the lighting...
size 1.5 needle
eye of partridge heel
3 leg repeats
3 foot repeats, then rows 1-10
knit 3 rows plain before starting toe decrease
round toe

Made 2nd Yukon Campfire hat
Ribbing size 6
hat size 8
Berocco ultra wool yarn
3.5 repeats of pattern
My favorite model stopped by today to show it off
(now she wants one !)

Made a lot of progress on mom's vibrant socks
Did you ever work on socks and it seems like you
knit and knit and knit and no progress...well this
pair is like that.

For mom, I cast on 72 stitches and because
of her hammer toes, I start to increase down the
foot to 80 stitches.  They fit her perfectly
when I do this.

Worked a little on Fern & Feather sweater.
Ready to switch to larger needle.
Notice that the yarn gets a little darker...that is
on purpose!

Martha has been working on her sweater!
Bistort Pullover
Pattern and yarn are KnitPicks
Yarn Wool of Andes

Pretty blue !

Now to Ruth.
Her surgery on Monday was successful
but very complex. Here is what they did in her
own words:

It's called a basal joint arthroplasty for arthritic joints. They take the bone out of the wrist that supports the thumb bone. They cut the arthritic end off the thumb bone. Then they use a tendon from the forearm and run it through the shortened thumb bone and coil it up in the space left by taking out the wrist bone. This forms a new joint and eliminates the arthritis pain.

I'm impressed she can type all of that with her left hand!

It was kind of eerie when we got up this morning.  Not sure if this
was fog, or fog with icy particles.
But pretty.

Have a nice knitful week dear blog readers....
Stay safe and warm.