Holidays!!!!

Well at last I get back to reality, our holiday was just wonderful, we all came back rested and happy. This euphoric feeling has lasted until this week when the stresses of normal life have begun to kick back in.

Good News I do not have tendonitis!!!! Yeah as that was going to mean a 6 week splint and cortisone injections and most painful of all NO MORE KNITTING. I have a minor bone injury. I started physio today and hopefully will be able to resume knitting some time soon.

Meanwhile my first pair of socks is growing well. I started these at the UAE knitters KAL at Dubai Mall last Friday. I am loving my beautiful plain yet lovely, Basic Supersocks Dubai Style! I am using one of my first Handpainted yarns, Claudia Handpainted Antique Jeans, it is so beautiful it does not require a large amount of stitch pattern so it has proved a good choice for my first basic pair.

I have really enjoyed the construction of these socks and look forward to many more pairs.

Last weekend was really busy Thursday eve was the Cirque De Soliel, Friday Knitting and Saturday Coldplay. A perfect weekend.

This weekend has UAE knitters tomorrow and a lot of rest. I have promised Miffy to rest my hand for two days so no sneaky knitting!!! Just a lot of planning.

Tendonitis!

Well I think I might have gone and overdone the knitting. I have been diagnosed with the dreaded tendonitis.

This may have been aggravated by my friend Debs. After breaking her wrist, she had to wait over 40 minutes for an ambulance . Debs was in a lot of pain and whilst she was conscious was holding on to my hand for grim death!

Anyway the knitting has been put away for a while. It is killing me as I am going cold turkey. It is also very dangerous, as planning for new projects, means shopping for new yarn.

As I am on a yarn diet this is a very difficult period. I have managed to resist so far.

I am hoping that my tendons will have eased enough to take my knitting with me next week on holiday. I may sneak a few rows though anyway, otherwise I will go crazy.

Last Friday we had our Dubai meeting in Caribou Coffee Festival city. There were four of us there and it was great to meet yet more like minded people and of course to look at what projects everyone else has on the needles. Jocelyn was sadly missed.See you next time though!

My visitors are all away back home now and the house is very quiet. I have posted a few photos of Nathan & Nyah with Ricky & Tracy on their recent visit,as most of you said that you wished to see some photos of them.

At Last I have managed to create an english blog

Great I have finally worked out how to change this thing from Arabic to English.

I am taking a break from mums beautiful Phiaro, as the braiding is proving harder than the knitting! That was a piece of cake. Need to speak to a few fellow Phiaro makers as to how they got all the ends the same length and tied a neat knot. I thought that I was an expert Braider doing Nyah's Hair all the time but I guess that I have a lot to learn. I think with hair it is a lot less exact.

But I still love this project, it is one for the mindless knitting days when you just want to knit and not think. Great for days with the kids in the garden.

I am about to cast on number two for my best friend Tracy, she is here in UAE at the moment, but she is staying in AL AQAH for a few nights. I want her to chose her colour but I think to get this finished with the braids I should make a decision today and just cast on!

We are all loving the weather at last , as today was wonderful about 28c and we took the kids to the pool and they loved it . Hard to imagine but the water was warmer than the air as they keep it at 31c so when you come out you are cold!!!

Not quite like our days in Donegal when we had to run in and out with blue feet to get used to the freezing cold temperature of the Atlantic ocean. We did not seem to mind! We so wanted to get in there always.