Sunday, June 20, 2021

Slow Sunday Stitching

 


Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband. I don't know what I would do without his help right now. He has always been a wonderful father to our children. 

I have been steadily working on the Santa Stocking lately. He has the holly on his hat now and some more of the red hat too.


I have also been making very good progress on the Butterfly Baby Blanket.

When we are watching the New York Islanders in the hockey playoffs or a New York Mets baseball game I can actually knit up to 4 rows at one go. That is why it is growing so quickly.

My shoulder is feeling much better. I have a couple of exercises to do each day. One is just walking my fingers up the wall while in a warm shower. I can measure my progress by the tiles on the wall. The other is where I bend at the waist and hang my arm straight down then try to swing it a little bit front to back and left to right. This is somewhat painful as I am doing it, but eases once I stop. I have to work up to three times a day. I started on twice a day yesterday. I will do that for a week and then add once more. I go back to the doctor in two weeks. I still haven't tried driving as I am not supposed to be raiding my arm at all.

Hubby set up my wind spinner this week. We took down an overgrown evergreen in this spot last summer and were going to look for another tree to plant. For now the windspinner will take up this space. We want to get a new fence prior to planting a tree. That fence is 20+ years old and starting to rot. It is time.

My Kousa dogwood has been in bloom. I really love that tree.


Hubby treated me to wine and appetizers on our front porch one late afternoon this week. It was a gorgeous day. Not too hot, not too cool. Perfect for porch sitting.


I am joining Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching. Pop on over to her site to see what other bloggers are stitching. I think Santa will get some attention today as our son is visiting for Father's Day and can't see my secret stitching.

Thanks for stopping by!


16 comments:

  1. So happy to hear that your shoulder is slowly getting better Santa is looking fab.
    My Dog wood is out to , what a beautiful plant .
    Everyone should get one I love them.

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  2. Glad your shoulder is improving. Lovely progress on santa and your pretty blanket.

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  3. Glad to hear you are healing. Your Santa is looking good, and the blanket is very sweet (love the colors).

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  4. I am glad you are doing your exercises daily and finding they help.... you have made great progress on the butterfly afghan and Santa too! Go sports and glad you have your hubby to help :) Love the wind spinner and unique dogwood too! Kathi

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  5. Glad you're doing those exercises and seeing progress with your shoulder, Cathie! That shows in Santa and the pretty blanket, too. I love that spinner! Those are fun to have in the yard.

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  6. Glad your shoulder feels better this week! Santa is really coming to life! I love the holly! The yarn and your little blanket are gorgeous!

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  7. Glad to hear the healing is coming along. What a sweetie to surprise you with wine and food for an afternoon date on the porch.

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  8. Glad to hear you are healing. Santa is coming along nicely as is your beautiful blanket! Hope you have a great week!

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  9. We had to replace our 18 year old fence a few summers ago when it blew over in a storm. The dogwood trees here are also gorgeous this time of year. I love how the flowers just seem to be floating in a blanket above the branches. Santa seems pleases with his holly decoration on his hat! The knitted blanket is growing quickly! Sounds like your husband is a keeper! Hope your shoulder continues to get better over time with your exercises.

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  10. Glad to know the exercises are helping and your shoulder are healing. I am sure very soon you will be 100%. Great progress on Santa cross stitching and the butterfly baby blanket. Have a wonderful week.Hugs

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  11. Healing can be a slow process, ask me how I know! So pleased your hubby is being so kind and helpful, and you had a nice Fathers Day. Ours is celebrated in September here in New Zealand probably linked to the UK date.

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  12. Glad to read your starting to heal, may that continue steadily. Love the blanket such a pretty design. I love the idea of sitting on the porch with hubby for a surprise meal.

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  13. you are on the mend! hurray! I hope it goes quickly and you are back at your old self.

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  14. Hi Cathie: Your Santa is showing great progress, I love his sweet face.
    Your spinner is beautiful, love your dogwood so pretty.
    The baby blanket is so pretty.
    I am happy to hear your shoulder is better, i Pray you continue to heal.

    Catherine

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  15. i feel your pain literally....had hip fx surgery 8 wks ago so i am doing the painful but necessary pt exercises too...they are helping a lot but still hurt...

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  16. So many lovely things in this post...sweet hubby and snacking on the porch in the fresh summer air. Love that dogwood tree and the spinner. Great progress on that sweet blanket and yes to your arm/shoulder improving. Both those exercises sound interesting; I wonder should we all be doing them.

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