Done yesterday

[mdlbear]

0318 We
  * up 6:30; W=186.6; drugs, nose; emergen-c, coffee
  & :( :( apparently forgot CPAP last night.
  = http://www.fborfw.com/strip_fix/archives/003649.php
  * called YD in absent for the day
  & 9am call Colleen
  & 9:40 visit Colleen, bring clean laundry
    ! she's worried about her progress, of course.  I'm still optimistic.
  = fingerweaving/fingerknitting (from mention by N)
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerweaving 
    www.northwestjournal.ca/sash.html 
    www.nativetech.org/finger/beltinstr.html 
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_knitting 
    www.wikihow.com/Finger-Weave 
    www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATfingerknitting.html 
  * E: appointment at 11:30; Lawrence.  Be there 11ish, so leave 10:45
  & visit Colleen on the way home
    Assisted transfer to chair; 20 minutes in standing frame; 1 hr session
    ! pleased with progress.  A little snuggle = happy bear
  & Lunch at home
  & Cosentino's 
  & Back to work.  Finish editing $document.  Work on $project-A
  * Wednesday; rather lightly attended.
  * Bed ~11

The whole day was pretty neutral; neither happy nor depressed. It felt busy, with lots of running around, and I managed to put in nearly a full day of working from home. I don't think I really had time by myself to notice my feelings, and I'm not sure I would have wanted to.

Wednesday night was lightly attended; I stayed out in the living room but didn't feel part of the conversation; eventually I settled for noodling on guitar, reading LJ, and reading a book. So did a lot of other people; at one point there was nothing in the room but three geeks on laptops and one on a smartphone.

A brief mention of "fingerweaving" by pocketnaomi sent me off on a quick bit of research that eventually led me to two different crafts, neither of which is actually weaving. The one she was thinking of, more often called finger knitting, is the simpler of the two, and looks as though it would make a good, essentially mindless thing to do with my hands while carrying on a conversation. Not to mention giving me an excuse for yarn-geeking with all my fiber-crafty friends.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

That "finger-knitting" reminds me of something that kids did way back when. You'd get an empty wooden spool that had had sewing thread on it, and drive an odd number (usually five) of finishing brads into it, equally spaced. Then you'd wind yarn around them in a particular sequence so that there were two loops of yarn on each brad. You'd lift the bottom loop up over the top one, and off the brad, then wind some more yarn on, and keep repeating. This produced a sort of tubular knitting, which you could coil up and sew together, or do other things with. (They sell kits these days that have plastic tubes of varying sizes, with "teeth" around the end. And sewing thread comes on hollow plastic spools you can't drive a brad into.) The finger-knitting seems to produce something somewhere between that tubular knitting and a continuous row of crocheted chain-stitching.

Since it requires no equipment other than yarn, it might, indeed, be a good hobby for you. And all your friends will have unique, one-of-a-kind shoelaces! ;-)

[mdlbear]

Yes; I think it's called something like loom knitting or frame knitting -- same thing only with fingers.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to learn finger-knitting myself, now. (Although I have small hands with short fingers, especially my pinky, which might make it awkward for me to hold the loops.)

[mdlbear]

It looks like it would work even with small hands: it's only two or three rows of yarn, and it's said to be easy for children to do.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I had some yarn around here somewhere... ;-)