At any rate, since I have the camera, the new finished BSJ:
and lest there be any interruptions in the projects-in-progress-but-not-finished status here, immediately cast on a new scarf:
and even some progress on the new socks for me:
So the recuperation is at least sort of productive, even if I am getting a bit stir crazy. The hip is improving, but I keep tensing up and aggravating my back, which makes me tense up even MORE, so I still can't sit, but I was getting pretty impatient yesterday, so I decided to try a craft I could STAND while doing. In a book from the library, they had wonderful pictures of ornaments created by gluing fabric onto Styrofoam balls, then adding trim by using a glue gun. This seamed like a great idea to me, and one hour and a general coating of Styrofoam flakes and glue later:
I hate it. "Smooth the edges down" it said. "Create big stupid puckers everywhere" is what I actually did. The trim neither covers up all the puckers NOR the big glue spots I created with the glue gun. I haven't decided if I'm going to finish it or just rip it apart and start over, but I did decide that the next one could be sewn together, which involved sitting, which I forgot I was trying not to do, so this is as far as it got. Still, even deflated I think it's quite an improvement over the first one. I got a few more shapes cut out,
and I think they will be pretty cute. And far easier than the ball-from-hell, even if I do have to wait until I can sew them.........or figure out where to put the sewing machine so I can stand while doing it.