Saturday, May 26, 2012

It started out with our trip to Nebraska. We were going to attend our son-in-law's graduation from Creighton University, he was getting his MBA. The trip did not exactly go as planned. We attended the hooding ceremony, ( my first experience seeing that ), and then a lovely reception was held afterwards. The next afternoon my husband Paul, was kindly asked by my daughter, Jennifer, if he could install 3 light fixtures. Well, the first two light fixtures were installed without a hitch, but you know the saying, "the third one"s a charm", well not so charming. Hubby took a misstep on a six foot ladder and broke his ankle in two places and fractured his fibula as well. A quick trip to the local ER in Papillion, NB, revealed a rather gruesome exray. The orthopedist there told us he would need surgery but most likely back in Colorado, as he was much too swollen to do it there. So a few days later we made the long trip home with hubby in the back seat of the car, equipped with ice, 4 pillows and a urinal (quite handy)..... Well, what is a knitter to do but knit him a lovely cast sock to keep his purple toes warm. I thought the shade of purple I chose was quite lovely and it could go quite nicely with his Rockies shirts. While in Nebraska I gave Coventry her little shrug to try on and it fit perfectly. I love knitting for her. When we arrived home, our precious neighbor in back of us, Teri, came over with a wonderful dinner for us. The desserts were too pretty to eat, but we did anyway. Had to take a photo of them before the disappeared in our tummies. It will be a very loooooooooong summer. The hubby needed surgery on his ankle and leg. It will be a good ten weeks before he has another surgery to remove the long screw that goes through both the tibia and fibula. After that who knows? I assume we are in for PT and rehab. My house looks like a hospital ward with wheelchair, walker and crutches. He adorns the couch in the family room and baths in the powder room as he cannot tackle stairs yet. I think I will be getting a lot of knitting done........

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Color Affection Shawl, and Family

Started the Color Affection Shawl at our knitting retreat in Buena Vista.  Good friend and fellow knitter, Christie Ott, showed me the design and I thought it would be a good one to knit as it was pretty mindless but yet fun enough to keep my interest.  Used three different colorways of Madeline Tosh fingering yarn.  Loved the results and will probably cast on a second one. 
Also finished another Coventry sweater at the retreat.  It is a pattern called Chloe by Alana Dakos.  The original pattern was knitted in three different yarns and striped but I decided to go more neutral and added the crocheted flowers that I purchased at Colorful Yarns.  It is a shrug that she can wear for the summer.  Hope to get some photos of her wearing it when we attend my son-in-law, John's, graduation from Creighton.  He is getting his masters degree in business.  Yea! 




The family photos were taken at White Fence Farm at Easter.  The older young man in the photo sitting next to me is my grandson Andrew.  Andrew is a junior this year at CSU, majoring in engineering and computer programming.   The little guy with his face painted as Spider Man is my great grandson, Jackson.  Jackson is majoring in preschool......and is four years old last month.  Love them both.  Boy, how time flies.