6 Months of Burn Healing

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Donna

Tom was seriously burned 6 months ago today.  It was the worst day of both of our lives.  But he has made tremendous progress with healing.  He thought he was going to die that day and definitely listened to the advice of the doctors, nurses and therapists to help with his healing.  I am so proud of him.

Face burns:

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Arm burns:

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Hand burns:

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Leg graft site:

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FYI, the last photos are all from yesterday.

One again, a PSA, do not ever use accelerants with fire.  It is way too dangerous.  Tom has definitely learned this.

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Vararfeldur and Summer Olympics Week 2!

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Donna

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At this point on Friday I made it to the halfway point of my vararfeldur cloak.  I must say that it is not a completely traditional one.  The most obvious is that I used a floor loom as opposed to a warp weighted loom.  It ends up being 27 inches wide instead of 1 meter, not sure entirely why, but the warp yarn seemed to be less yardage than advertised.  It ended up being 14 knots per width as opposed to 13.  I used our Gotland wool instead of Icelandic, and it is shorter.  I used commercial yarn for the warp and the weft between the knots.  I have used the wool locks in the grease and plan on soaking the cloak with just water to remove the dirt but not the grease so it will be somewhat waterproof as the original cloaks were.

Today there was more Olympics but not any weaving as I had farm and house chores to do.  But there were still some amazing Olympic moments.

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Unfortunately I will not have a lot of weaving time this upcoming week.  We have the grandkids and a concert.  I will try to get some wool and Olympics time in where I can. Wish me luck.

 

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Dad’s Cabin

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Donna

burned down 10 years ago today. Here it was in its prime

And here is the progress on the rebuild as of yesterday.

Soon we will have a cabin there again.

There are photos of the fire’s damage at Burnt Cabin.

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