Knit one bone and cast off

Finally I post again! I have hidden myself away from society for several weeks now, nursing my purple cocoon and waiting for the big day when the doctors crack it open and reveal a beautiful healed arm. Well they did last Tuesday: see arm here triumphantly holding knitting aloft. Also see big scar!

Sadly, the butterfly I'd hoped for turned out to be a bit of a moth. Not just because it's pretty sick and scraggly looking, but also because of it having been dislocated in the wrist as well as being broken higher up - I have now found out from my physiotherapist that this means the wrist is not likely to ever be quite as flexible again, and that I can expect it to feel the joys of arthritis sooner than my other joints. Obviously this has me worried about my knitting. On the plus side she said I would never be able to do push ups again - oh what a shame that is, cry, cry, sob.

Anyway, there is now a lot of work to be done to rehabilitate it. Appointments with endless specialists keep me busy every day, and every waking moment there's an exercise or stretch that needs to be done. It really is a full time job. But, thankfully, attempting to knit again is one the things that will help the arm along. I've started out by picking up something I started just before the accident. At the time it was going to be a dusting mitt for a friend who just moved house. But I've decided to just keep on knitting and turn it into a scarf.


It's a fun simple stitch to do (line 1: k2, *k2tog, yo, k1* repeat, k2. line 2: knit to end) and also produces a diagonal edge that's a bit awkward for a dusting mitt that needs to be doubled over and sewn, but will look nice on the end of a scarf.

So far I can only manage 2 or 3 very slow rows at a time so I can see I'll be posting about some non-knitting items in the meantime.