Nevertheless she persisted

 After eight months of struggling with tennis elbow, my arm is easing up a bit and it has allowed me to knit again in very short bursts. I have been setting the timer on my phone and trying a few rows a night. It has in fact helped me to get my dexterity back in my right hand which had really gone to pot. 

I have been using my left hand so much over the last year that I kept dropping things when I used my right hand because the muscles had not been receiving signals from my brain to use it in a fine motor capacity.

Aaannnyywayyy, the punchline is that I have completed my One and Done shawl which is a free pattern from ravelry for using up a single skein of sock yarn. I can't say that I would recommend the layout of the instructions but it is interchangeable and you can mash up the sections however you like which is what I have done here.

The yarn was purchased at Wonderwool in April. It was hard to buy yarn when I knew that I could not get stuck into it straight away but I really loved the green colourway.

This shawl needs an essential blocking to reveal the dropped stitch ladders. It is not perfect, there are a few knobbly stitches here and there but it served a purpose to get me gently back on the needles just in time for the nights drawing in. 

Unheard of for me but this year I have only finished one started shawl and crocheted a necklace. That's it. I have an unfinished tank top left now which I started in May. That is next on my 'gentle' list.

Hope you like it. Jo xxxx