In December I need to find a way to sit still for 15 days straight. No easy task for me.

For a long time I've been thinking about quilting. I love quilts and am wondering if it is hard? Do you HAVE to use a sewing machine? Can it be done by hand? I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to pick out a sewing machine let alone what to do with it. Actually, I don't want a sewing machine.

I've done counted cross stitch, matter of fact I started on a project 15 years ago and still haven't finished it. I don't think that one is going to work.

Needlepoint is out too. Tried that once and you have to be able to see color. I'm color deficient and if the yarn/thread isn't numbered with an ID number I have no clue what color it is. Those kit things come with all the colors mixed up. Not workable.

What is fun yet idiot proof?

If I can ask, what's the reason behind this?

I have NO idea what I would have done if I had been confined to bed for 15 days. By the morning following my TT (I had surgery at like 3 in the afternoon) I was pacing the hall of the ward.

I have nothing constructive... You could count your leg hairs? Measure the growth of your toe nails?

He said it is because he also tightens fascia tissue. That stuff is like tissue paper in some places. He said that if I stand up straight I'll rip out those particular sutures.

Hi Wasa!

I'm completely addicted to quilting, but I think it might be a bit tough with the restrictions you'll have post op. I think crochet is easier than knitting. You can go to any craft store and pick up a book on beginning crochet that will have instructions for easy stuff like dish rags, scarfs, hats, etc. Yarn is cheap. Just think, in 2 weeks you can crochet pot holders for all your friends and fam for christmas!!

Good luck finding something to keep you busy!

Wasa, I think that you are going to have some trouble with many of the visual arts if your ability to discern colour is impaired.

Why not buy yourself a kit where you build yourself a model boat or aircraft or something? I know it sounds kinda butch but you won't have to rely on making colour/aesthetic choices. Maybe you can find a kit to build yourself a lamp??? You might also try drawing, working in black and white. Working in pen and ink is pleasant as is working in pencil or charcoal.

And remember, too, for the first while you will be spending much of your time doing little more than enjoying your meds. :Banane34:

Or you might try going to the library and borrowing stacks of books. lol Ours rents dvds and computer programs also but only for a week at a time. Where as books are for a month. Even if you dont have a laptop you can make arrangements to have your computer by the bed temporarily. I have a wood toy chest my oldest was given at birth from his grandparents. That when I was bed ridden for 6 months I put the computer on it. And sat crosslegged on the bed most of the time.

I also always found knitting to be much easier then crochet for some odd reason. My dad taught me like 3-4 basic stitches and I used to knit ties, scarves, table runners, pot holders with just those 3-4 basics.

Also you might just go to a large craft store and ask one of the staff for ideas after explaining your color problem. They might have some good suggestions also.

Ahhh does he use PTS? I sense a certain irony that because he is quilting your tummy you are going to be stuck quilting on the couch

Nina x

Knitting and crochet can be learned with cheap books from the craft store, and you can get patterns online that teach you the stitches as well. You can also get kits that come with everything you need to make something... like a book, the hooks all the yarn etc to make X scarf or whatever.