Life is full of surprises.....

You never know what will hit you 😎

You may have noticed I have been missing for a while, and there is a reason for that. 😅 Further down in this post you will see why. This will also be the reason why I haven't made so much in the way of knitting and crochet. However, I have pushed on to make some gifts for a family friend of ours who is having a baby soon and also a couple of makes for the markets.

Below is a cute little part knitted, part crocheted set for baby Pie. A simple but classic pair of boots and a crocheted woolly hat, just waiting to go on the head of this little baby we are waiting on. lol  

For the markets I have made this circular vest in indigenous colours. These have been a very popular item at the markets and I struggle a bit to keep up with supplies on this item. The vest is done up with a single button and basically you can make it as big or small as you like. This vest would fit up to a four year old.

So, I'm really loving these little crocheted sandals for babies. These are the third pair I've made and each time I change the design. I like how easy they are to make and also they are just a bit different to the every day boots that are usually made for babies. This are made out of cotton so they won't be so hot during this summer weather of ours.

Here is the sloth staffy dog of ours. Milo is loving the summer because my family keep letting him in the house because of the 40C heat for days in a row we're having. So lazy has Milo become that our next door neighbour asked if anything had happened to Milo because they never hear him anymore.😯 You should see his face when I put him outside. lol Crushed and devastated.  😁😁

One of my most favourite things in the world is boxing. I love it. One of the reasons I got into it is.....it's going to sound strange and some people don't agree....but whatever and too bad, I fear home invasions. You see it on the news all the time, on Facebook, newspapers etc. I would want to be able to at least try to defend myself, or keep the person at bay until help comes, or even give myself a chance to get away.

Here I'm with an incredible boxing instructor, James, who I have much respect for and he is a credit to our community for all that he does.

Now comes the interesting story 😂😂 At a class several weeks ago we had a new girl join us who had never done boxing. I pair up with her and we are going to be doing 'uppers', I have the mitts on and she has the boxing gloves. I demonstrate to her how she will do the uppers and how I will hold the mitts. The movement she did was not an upper, nor was it anything I've ever seen before...😃😅😅😅, nor was it a hard hit. 

This is what happened to my finger and worst of all is that it didn't hurt and I didn't notice my finger until I went to have a shower when I got home. I couldn't believe it. I looked at my finger like it had two heads. All the redness and skin peeling and blistering is a reaction from a tape that I used to splint my finger until I could see the doctors.

 By the time I got to see a hand specialist and had tried several other kinds of splints, the skin on my finger had really become angry and sore. Once at the hand specialist they said there were no broken bones but that I had mallet finger, meaning the tendon was broken.

They made up a splint and at the moment they asked what colour splint would I like, I actually still had a sense of humour and told them I'd have a pink one because it was my pinky finger that was wrecked. I don't have my sense of humour any more. lol I have to wear the splint for eight weeks and then they hope it will have mended. If not, I have to wear it for another two weeks. If it's still no good then surgery and then guess what????.......back in a splint again.🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

The worst thing is i can't knit!!!!! or box, use dumb bells, bars 

😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

 On a happier note, I was scratching through some boxes and found my mum's thimble. She had given it to me many years ago and I felt very honoured because she bought this with her when she lived in Austria just after World war II. I cherish it so much. My mum was born in Italy but lived and worked in Austria before migrating to Australia. I miss her so much. 

Now that I have a stupid finger, it will be a test for my patience and certainly it has slowed me down with what I make. I do realise though that there are many worse things I could have than just this stupid finger.  I have been blessed to have woken up this morning and had a beautiful new day even with this stupid finger. 😇

 I'm taking off now as it's getting very late at night. I hope you all are in good health and enjoying making beautiful things. 

Ciao, Anita.