Happy New Year everyone!
Thank you all for your warm wishes regarding my injured ankle. I guess I need to explain how it happened. I was working at my desk, moving my blog from one host to another well into the evening on Tuesday. By 12:45 AM Wednesday, I decided it was time for bed. Unfortunately, I’d been sitting on my foot and it was well asleep when I stood up. I figured if I was careful, I’d be okay. I slowly made my way across my bedroom when about 2 steps from my goal, I apparently caught my big toe on the area carpet. I then stepped down on the dead foot, folding it. I heard an audible crunch and even though the foot was asleep, felt it sharply. Ouch.
So that’s the story. I did a stoopid thing and now I know better. The ER doctor directed me to follow up with a podiatrist within 3 days. Fortunately, a friend of mine’s husband is just that. The stars aligned on Wednesday as it was holiday SnB at Panera, Tami was going and since she sprained her ankle a few weeks ago, her podiatrist husband was bringing her again this week. I had called her as a fellow left ankle sprain buddy as I left the ER. She contacted her hubby and he said he’d see me that night if I could make it there. Not one to miss a SnB for something minor like a sprained ankle, I made it there with much help from mom.
A thorough exam in the corner of Panera (the weirdest location I’ve even been in 
and I’m now sporting a serious boot and have a script for an NSAID. We’re in the stay off it and let it rest phase now. Might need an MRI in a week or so to see how bad the muscle damage is. I have seriously reduced strength in my foot and can barely move my toes up or down. There’s also some ligament damage and IIRC an entrapped nerve. Hey, if you’re going to do it, you do it right 
This has given me some bonus knitting time though! Recently all my knitting time has been on the train. Home time was spinning time. Not so much right now, though it is a good thing I have all those single treadle spinning wheels! So I’ve been knitting. I’m working on a top down raglan using Rowan Felted Tweed. I started it a week ago. I put the sleeve stitches on waste yarn while sitting in the ER waiting for the Doctor to read my X-rays. At last measure, during the first period of the Winter Classic, I was 2.5″ from starting the ribbing at the hem.
Sorry for the craptastic picture but the real camera is across the room. The iPhone was far closer I dearly love this yarn. It is my favorite shade and I’m really enjoying working with it.
I have other projects, knitting and weaving to show, all finished, but the shots haven’t been downloaded out of the big camera yet, so they’ll have to wait as well. Suffice it to say that while I haven’t been blogging, I have still been busy. I split teacher gifts between knitted and woven this year. I finally got my floor loom out of storage, replaced the metal heddles with texsolv ones and even warped it. I’ve used my Schacht Flip Rigid Heddle a couple of times. So yes, I keep myself occupied.
OK, the family is off at Kohl’s doing a little shopping. I’m going to return to this sweater and the remainder of the Winter Classic.
Craft on!
