Hello Everyone!
First I was bragging that I tun my blog again - and yet another long break, life was so very busy..My Dad had his latest check-up, and right as we wanted to celebrate that he´s doin´so well they told us he has two recurrences in his abdomen. Er have been told before that this is very possible, yet it was a like hit in the face.
Since two months he´s on an oral chemo now, which is a bit different like a common chemo, cause kidney cancer is very different to other sorts of cancer. The oral chemo doesn´t come in circles and though it has side effects it´s a bit milder and he can do it at home. The good news I have to tell is, that my father is coping really very good with his treatment and it WORKS for him. He doesn´t feel sick and he can EAT - and boy he´s eating a lot! Thank god. The side effects he has he said are bearable, nosebleeding here and there, skin rashes and fatigue. But he´s very brave and very active. The recent check showed the tumor shrunk of 8mm already - yay!
As for me, I took it a bit too far with crocheting my aliens. They sold so good that I nearly made one every day - and then I developed what´s called a "tennis elbow". I had no other choice like taking a little break. I have to wear a brace on my forearm to spare the affected tendons and I hope it helps, cause I was always tending to have a problem with my arms and I don´t want this to become chronic.
Nonetheless I HAD to be a bit crafty and as I felt a bit better I did some knitting instead. I know I shouldn´t, but it´s a bit different flow and as long I take it slowly I think I can do it.
One of my Dad´s side effects are constant cold feet, so I thought a pair of warm slippers are the perfect gift for him.
I remembered that I still have some balls of pure sheepwool left a friend who´s keeping sheepies once gave to me, perfect for felting.
You simply knit some oversized slippers and then put them in the washer, that is doin´the felting job all alone by tumbling. What an awesome an easy way to create something so useful.
After washing I shoved some smaller shoes in it what gave them the right shape through drying.
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The pattern for these shoes you can find here:
HOBBIT SHOES
And as I was just on a roll I made another pair of home slippers for my Mum too:
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The pattern for those is really really easy, but I have it only in german language. If you need the pattern, please just message me your shoe-size and I will give you the instructions :)
Hope my next post won´t take me so long again.
Please all be well, fellow bloggers.
Mahalo ~ Bettina![]()
First I was bragging that I tun my blog again - and yet another long break, life was so very busy..My Dad had his latest check-up, and right as we wanted to celebrate that he´s doin´so well they told us he has two recurrences in his abdomen. Er have been told before that this is very possible, yet it was a like hit in the face.
Since two months he´s on an oral chemo now, which is a bit different like a common chemo, cause kidney cancer is very different to other sorts of cancer. The oral chemo doesn´t come in circles and though it has side effects it´s a bit milder and he can do it at home. The good news I have to tell is, that my father is coping really very good with his treatment and it WORKS for him. He doesn´t feel sick and he can EAT - and boy he´s eating a lot! Thank god. The side effects he has he said are bearable, nosebleeding here and there, skin rashes and fatigue. But he´s very brave and very active. The recent check showed the tumor shrunk of 8mm already - yay!
As for me, I took it a bit too far with crocheting my aliens. They sold so good that I nearly made one every day - and then I developed what´s called a "tennis elbow". I had no other choice like taking a little break. I have to wear a brace on my forearm to spare the affected tendons and I hope it helps, cause I was always tending to have a problem with my arms and I don´t want this to become chronic.
Nonetheless I HAD to be a bit crafty and as I felt a bit better I did some knitting instead. I know I shouldn´t, but it´s a bit different flow and as long I take it slowly I think I can do it.
One of my Dad´s side effects are constant cold feet, so I thought a pair of warm slippers are the perfect gift for him.
I remembered that I still have some balls of pure sheepwool left a friend who´s keeping sheepies once gave to me, perfect for felting.
You simply knit some oversized slippers and then put them in the washer, that is doin´the felting job all alone by tumbling. What an awesome an easy way to create something so useful.
After washing I shoved some smaller shoes in it what gave them the right shape through drying.
The pattern for these shoes you can find here:
HOBBIT SHOES
And as I was just on a roll I made another pair of home slippers for my Mum too:
The pattern for those is really really easy, but I have it only in german language. If you need the pattern, please just message me your shoe-size and I will give you the instructions :)
Hope my next post won´t take me so long again.
Please all be well, fellow bloggers.
Mahalo ~ Bettina
