tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post6865175645533554504..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-70695594206473698622012-07-30T16:03:20.971+01:002012-07-30T16:03:20.971+01:00What catmum said. If nothing else, we can have yo...What catmum said. If nothing else, we can have you skype with Judy Becker. Let me know.FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-64209660161581584592012-07-30T16:03:08.494+01:002012-07-30T16:03:08.494+01:00Jean, I read your blog religiously, comment rarely...Jean, I read your blog religiously, comment rarely, but feel compelled to put my two cents in today. <br /><br />As for Judy's cast-on: a few of my students have mastered it only after completely eliminating any left hand movement. Try sitting at the table, resting your left wrist on the edge of the table(and planting it there for the duration). Now, work the cast-on with a rocking right wrist motion, moving only the needles. Having the flat surface in front of you also helps when you commence with the first row. Keeping the needles (and the knitting) parallel with the table, rotate into knitting position, and then you will sigh and appreciate the magic. <br /><br />My husband has been Type 1 for several years. I empathize with you on the scariness of hypoglycemic episodes. We had a few very serious episodes last summer which prompted him to get a continuous glucose monitor. They are not fail-safe, but being able to see 'the numbers' in context rather than as isolated quantities is so helpful in managing the day's food intake and insulin use. <br />Pamela SUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964435215323748699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-17839176716867527882012-07-30T15:06:49.831+01:002012-07-30T15:06:49.831+01:00Good morning, Jean, I missed you!
the trick to no ...Good morning, Jean, I missed you!<br />the trick to no purl bumps with JMCO is to knit into the back of the stitches on the 2nd half of the first round...so, do the cast on of x number of stitches over the two needles, then turn the work and knit into the first half of the stitches (needle 1, as it were) as usual. Then turn to knit the 2nd half, the stitches on needle 2, but knit into the back of each stitch. That results in utterly smooth toe, no purl bumps.catmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340783525589988900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-48875902050693263612012-07-30T14:23:32.491+01:002012-07-30T14:23:32.491+01:00Love the currants in all their states of being. N...Love the currants in all their states of being. Need one at the end with a small child with a big smile on his/her face and currants all around the mouth!<br /><br />Beverly in NJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-53762962301752060932012-07-30T11:33:21.833+01:002012-07-30T11:33:21.833+01:00There's been a lot of technology advances in t...There's been a lot of technology advances in treating diabetes, especially Type I. I love my pump and got the CGMS as soon as it became available. My mother is a labile 50-year medalist and her control improved greatly when she got her pump. Greater accuracy of dispensing insulin and continuous dispensing of very small amounts of short-acting taking the place of long acting insulin peaking whenever it cares to.<br /><br />Try a look at http://www.medtronic-diabetes.co.uk/ to see what's available. <br /><br />Their guy in Athens was fantastic when my mother got sick on vacation and landed in Athens hospital the other weekend.Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911107808268156389noreply@blogger.com