Yarnshifter sample done

Last night I finished a piece I was my Yarnshifter pity I should have taken a photo of it before I took it off. I am not sure what sort of yarn it is it feels rather like hessian. I crocheted the edges which was quickly done and am happy with the overall result.



There is not much room to play with at the top of the stairs but room enough for a small rectangle extention. Goodness knows where I will go to weave with the full extention as it would be twice the length.


Once I had got the hang of the coils to wrap round instead of nails on my Triloom I was quickly woven. Only trouble of weaving standing up my arms tired quickly and my left hand kept going numb ( due to a stroke I suffered when I was in coranary care before I had a transplant) . Oh well small price to pay considering the alternative!!
Weaving a contiuous loop on a Yarnshifter or TriLoom produces symmetical paterns without having to think too much about the end design.




The crocheted edge give a good finish to the article.
I really am going to have fun with my Yarnshifter. Next job is to spin up more of the Shetland I have waiting to spin up in various types of yarn so far I am spinning it very softly and not worrying about it being a regular thickness (slubby) and making it 2ply. Then I will do some in an even yarn probably end up as a 3 ply.

Results from blood tests

Today I rang The Freeman TP Outpaitients for my results. They are the same
150mgs twice a day of Cyclosporin,
150mgs Azathioprine,
8mgs Prednisolone
On top of those important ones to prevent rejection I also take
100mcgs of Thyroine,
60mgs Adalat LA,
10mgs Simnastatine,
and 12mgs warfarin
Not bad now when I first had my transplant I was taking 12 different drugs
some for pain relief, laxatives, anti viral and anti biotic as well as a mouth wash.
The cyclosporin tablets were so big I could not swollow them and had to take the liquid form which tasted horrible.
Now I am able to take the smaller cyclosporin capsules fortunately

My next bloods check is the first wek of the new year the I have my MOT 2nd February instead of 19th January. I hope the weather is fine. I usually get a hospital car to take me to Freeman outpatients and he picks me up at about 5am to get me there for 7.30am. He has to get up about 2am to get down to Selby. These Guys are all vollunteers real stars they are drive in all weathers.

even more ramblings

Yesterday I finally played with my Yarnshifter it's the same method as for a Triloom. A triloom has nails or dowels to wrap the yarn over where as the Yarnshifter has a plastic coil like a book binding reed. Have a look at www.seedpower.com Ok a triloom can be made dead easily with some nails and 2"x1" wood but the Yarnshifter can do more as well as different shapes. Now the BSC newsletter has been posted I can play with it. Mind you I have 5 Shetland fleeces processed into roving to spin up only done 5 ozs so far but it is being spun up woolly and fluffy. It should turn out very warm and should be able to felt up a bit once its woven.

On Monday I went for my Bloods to be done a ritual every month at the moment to do with my transplant All sorts are checked as well keeping an eye on my medication levels. Tomorrow I will ring up to see what the results are and find when my next one is. Last month I was told it was an MOT. Thats a full check up ! It involves an overnight stay as I will be having a biopsy and an angiogram and a Bloods check up. Sounds fun it's my first MOT.

More Ramblings

The other day I saw a rat moching about in front of my shed so as it was windy put some water in a plastic bottle and threw it at the rat needless to say I scored a hit straight through my shed window........ I knew it was a silly idea gave me an uneeded job to do. Oh well sorted it yesterday since next doors dog was yipping they have left me home 2 blooming hours drove me silly so I fixed the window in the rain showers.