Pins and needles

Good morning!

Our summer has had a feeling of being on 'pins and needles'... not only waiting to move houses but...

Our dear Sammy had a fall from the monkey bars at the end of May that ended with a bone break and surgical pin placement in her left elbow.  She's been an absolute trooper through it all - the hospital stay, surgery, after care of pins that protruded from her skin (on purpose for quick removal) and finally through the pin removal surgery yesterday.

All fixed up and ready to go!!

She smiled through the whole waiting process... I tended to fidget.  So I knit or I crocheted instead.

For those who see me "in real life" know that I practically live in my socks and Birkenstocks.  (I know! I know!  Nicole tells me I have seriously scarred her with my fashion choice. lol)   I rock my hand knit (or crocheted socks) at the grocery store, at church, during winter and summer and the seasons in between and had even considered calling this blog "the socks and sandals farmer" as I tend to garden and work in the barn in my socks and my sandals.

Through the course of Sammy's broken elbow adventure  -  in hospital waiting rooms and such I have had a pair of socks on my knitting needles as well as a sock in progress on the crochet hook - both projects just about finished.  And when asked why my go-to project is SOCKS even in summer, I reply that "Winter is Coming" (for all of my fellow Game of Thrones fans).  :)  Seriously though, they are small enough to pack along in my purse and aren't heavy and warm on the lap while working away on them.

Turning the heel!

I will admit that knit socks take me longer to make than the crocheted ones and that I am partial to the thickness of the crocheted ones - perfect fit for my sandals; but I enjoy the two at a time, toe up knitting process of the knit socks better.  No fancy patterns just straight up knit, purl and single crochet.  :)  Simple and lovely.

What types of projects/activities keep you SANE while waiting through tense times?

Jeanette