NOLA Notes

Month: July, 2008

Why I Knit, Part II

Over the next few days, we visited Sunshine in ICU and she seemed so fragile. But each day, she got a bit more strength back. We dared to have hope. She moved out of ICU and into the Acute Care Unit on the hospital’s fourth floor. She continued to improve ever so slowly. She still [...]

Why I Knit, or How My Grandmother Died, Part I

My recent sewing bug has extended to knitting.  Except since picking up knitting, I really have never quit.  Lately, my projects just move really sloooowly.  I am currently working on a pair of socks, my second pair.  It is in a ribbing pattern—knit two, purl two—for the duration of the sock. The first time I [...]