Don’t even say what you’re thinking . . she’s lost her mind. I already told myself the same thing but listen to my justification and you may agree with me. Probably not but if you do, please tell me “It’s OK!!” 🙂
First – the finger. I went back to the doctor this morning. She said it all looks great. The cellulitis is much better. There’s one little blister remaining. Otherwise, you would never know it was there. The finger looks better – exactly how she was hoping it would look after three days of antibiotics but I do have to keep taking them. She gave me 10 days worth and 7 more days is going to be tough but I can do it. She said I can wear a rubber glove for an hour at a time two to three times a day, in addition to wearing the glove in the shower. Otherwise, she wants it to stay open (not covered) and dry. I don’t have to go back unless something looks worse (cellulitis or finger). That’s very good news. I will admit that I was a little concerned about it. I will not be digging potatoes or doing any really dirty work but I will water, pick beans, tomatoes, pull rhubarb and resume canning the produce. Even though it takes longer than an hour to do most of it, my hands aren’t getting wet or messy during a lot of the process.
Today I cut up cucumbers to make more pickles.
OK . . punch needle is the topic for this post. When I first moved back to MO and was here alone for six months and knew no one but Chad, Nicole and Addie who were an hour away, I had my knitting, which I was happy to do non-stop but then a friend online showed something she had cross stitched and I was all over that. You know the rest of that story.
Somewhere within a few weeks of finding cross stitching, I came across punch needle. I ordered weaver’s cloth, a punch needle and a bit of floss – something not DMC . . Valdani maybe. I can’t remember but it’s all upstairs in a cabinet. I tried it and found it to be way more difficult than I was expecting and went back to cross stitching but lately I’ve been wanting to try punch needle again.
I will try it. If I like it . . great. If not, I’ll pass the punch needle on to someone else and forget about it.
Pat Anderson says
There are sure some darling patterns available now for Punch Needle…it is tempting! I sure don’t need any other hobbies though! Hope you like it! I wonder if the ladies at your LNS would be helpful?
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Yes. One of the shop owners was doing punch needle last week.
Julie Thomas says
It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s all fine! 😀 I cross stitch and do punch needle and last week started my first rug hooking project. Lol
Dottie Newkirk says
I tried punch needle one time, a LONG time ago and I really liked it, but it seemed to take forever with very little progress. Wishing you a lot of luck!!
dorothymatheson says
I really like punch needle but I do like other things so it got put aside. I have only done small items with punch needle.
Tracy says
– Teresa Kogurt has some darling designs for punch needle. I’ve done one, the stitching is done, but I have not finished it off yet. The thing that sort of bugs me about punch needle is when you finally get a rhythm going, you run out of thread. It’s good for the joints to change up the repetitive hand movements.
Karen says
Can you really ever have too many hobbies – especially if they involve threads and needles?? The first time I went to Paducah (long, long time ago) I bought a few punch needle patterns and the punch needle. Tried it a couple of times, then moved back to quilting/knitting/cross stitch. I think the learning curve was too long for me – I’m more into instant gratification.