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K.U.I. (Knitting Under The Influence)

8/14/2015

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I had hernia surgery two days ago.  Planning for surgery knitting is a lot like planning for travel knitting:  memorable pattern that you don't have to continually refer to, small, beautiful yarn that you love to knit.  Except for surgery knitting you have one more element to consider: DRUGS.  I have a new requirement for both travel and surgery knitting:  knit on circular needles.  That way you won't loose one of your needles and be SOL.  

On my May 29, 2014 post I talked about my last experience in surgery knitting.  What a hoot!  I won't retell the story, but if you haven't read it, it is worth reading.  
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This is what I am knitting right now.  It is a beautiful wrap called 5th Avenue Shawl.  I got the yarn from those wonderful women at Knit Purl in Portland, Oregon.  The yarn is Shibui Pebbles and Silk Cloud in denim.   
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I have it started and it is yummy.  I was already to pack it into my hospital bag when I remembered my post from May 29, 2014 and my knitting experience in 2013.  I remembered what "Knitting Under the Influence" was all about.  I took another look at this beautiful wrap which you either must follow a chart or use a row by row pattern and thought, "ARE YOU CRAZY!" Talk about a disaster in the making.  Two kinds of yarn knit together to get tangled!  A complex chart! Sticky yarn that sometimes does knot with itself!  To repeat, "ARE YOU CRAZY!"  Well, I know I'm not and even thought the last experience made for a great story, I am a smart girl!  I learn from my mistakes.  
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I went to the Stash Studio and found this just waiting to be knit.  It's a Blue Sky Alpacas pattern called Sasha Wrap which I am knitting from Rowan Thick 'n' Thin in a pink, cream, black with just a touch of light olive green.  It will be beautiful and it will not be a disaster.  I think this is what I will knit for my Mom.  

I am home, recovering.  I must admit that I under estimated what hernia surgery meant.  I thought I might come home the same day,  HA!  Thank God that hospitals give morphine.  Thank God I changed my mind on my surgery knitting.  My first day home was pretty awful as morphine doesn't come home with you.  Pain pills don't do the same job.  I got about 10 inches of Sasha Wrap knit.  Even though I am home, I think as long as I am on pain meds the 5th Avenue Shawl will be put on the shelf.  I find it hard to go from one line to the next reading a book, so a line by line pattern would be a disaster.  Besides, I don't want to be arrested for "K.U.I."
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Jan R
8/24/2015 02:50:27 pm

You definitely need to do "idiot knitting" after you have had surgery, since your brain tends to be fuzzy. I stuck with socks or an easy scarf.

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    This blog is dedicated to Mary Helen Growt my first knitting teacher and the woman who changed my life.  The mission of Knitting: A Love Story is to preserve, share and promote the love of knitting.

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