We went out for a stroll up and down our road today. It was a grey and chilly morning, but I was determined to start walking again. I say 'we' because Best Beloved carried the little Inogen oxygen machine. It only weighs about 2.2 kg, but that's enough to slow me down!
It was lovely to look at the plants growing in the front gardens. I spotted Lilies and weigelia (I think) in flower, as well as the usual forget-me-nots etc.
After lunch I was busy doing this and that; paying bills and writing up a piano lesson I taught yesterday. Then I set the laptop aside and got on with cross stitching. Yesterday I was sitting on the settee with the magnifier precariously balanced on the arm of the settee. We sent off yesterday for what looked like an ingenious (and very cheap) table to fit over the arm, and it arrived later in the day;
It is pretty good; the sides are slats all stuck to a fabric base, making them flexible and non-slip.
I couldn't understand why I was finding organising needle, fabric, stitching and using the magnifier so awkward... then the penny dropped... I'm left handed! So I rearranged things
I moved the little table so it was draped over the red sewing tin, and then I had no trouble.
It's going to take at least 7 more days to stitch the rest of the text in the borders on all four sides, and then another 6 for the cross stitched border and a day for the back stitching. A minimum of 14 more days to finish... I might, just, perhaps, possibly finish it for Pentecost on the 19th May. That's the plan, anyway!
The little wooden box I ordered at the beginning of the week arrived. The idea is that we fix it to this trolley so the little oxygen machine (the one I used for this morning's walk) can sit inside. Then I'll be able to tow it around, or just park it beside me when I'm using it around the house and garden or going for a walk.
He's measured and checked and considered various ways of solving the problem.
You have a good problem solver there!
ReplyDeleteHe is totally brilliant!
DeleteThe armrest shelf looks really useful. As does the trolley.
ReplyDeleteIt is a clever design; the centre section is a single broad slat which makes a good surface. It would need a bit of fettling to make it completely unwobbly, but then it wouldn't fold flat when not in use. Pros and cons, always pros and cons...
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