Happy Remission Day to me!

February 8, once again....and now im 12 years cancer free. Mom gave me this beautiful necklace...a purple butterfly. The symbol for thyrroid cancer survival and one of my fave things. I've always liked purple butterflies...and then it took on more meaning.


Tthis time next year...it will be Happy Remission day to me...and my sister. She had surgery today...they got all of it. Im so happy....THAT is the best gift.

Dulfil braids results

....and my hair is still wet but look how the curls are defined and retained. Check out videos 247, 248, and 249 to see how to do it. Then go forth with wonderfully curled hair.

Video: dufiil braids results 

Making a dufil braid

Winding string on the hair, slide the hair up, and anchor the hair to the string...or just twirl it if your hair is natural as it will hold the shape...this is called a dufil braid. Its great on long hair. It makes the hair look shorter if you snip the end string and wear them down. Then when you remove the strings...enjoy the curls.

Its actually a twist, but hey...I'm not the one that named it. I just like to do my hair this way. After the wind up...take the end strings, and wrap them in the direction you want the finished curls to go and anchor it in place with a clip.

I do this on wet or damp hair. If I do it when the hair is dry, I spray the sections with water before twisting.

This video shows how to do it.

 Making a dufil braid 

A result video is coming soon as my hair drys.

Working around a corner

Picot stitch looks amazing even when going around the bend. Dont be intimadated by corners...just watch this video: working the picot stitch around a corner. and after you see how easy it can be....go forth and knit around some corners.

LOTD: Moisturized Shake and go

A bit different from a wash and go as there is no gel. I used a small amount of olive oil, a squirt of 14 n 1, combed thru...shook my hair in every direction, added a clip to keep it out of my face.  That took about 3 mins. 1 min to do my hair and 2 mins to find the clip.

Soon as i was off duty....I walked towards my car...fluffed my hair when i was about 10 feet away from my car. Co-worker seen this and accused me of wearing a wig. Ack!

Anyway...heres pictures...and a video.

 video: Does my hair look like a wig to you? 

Working Multiple Sets of Picot

 Watch "238. Working Multiple Sets of Picot Stitch" on YouTube. Working a picot stitch border need not be an ordeal. There is no need to pick up all stitches of a border when you can do a few at a time. Pick up an even number of stitches if you are doing an even numbered cast off, odd number for an odd number of cast offs.

Here i used my necklace to show how it looks with one set...then the next set...the video shows how the sets work together which you can see by the unravel process.

Water Challenge

 Watch "233. Drink your water! challenge" on YouTube and drink 64 oz of water a day. I challenge you to do this for 21 days since it takes 21 days to form a habit.

Water is crucial for life, clear skin, healthy hair, strong nails, heart, lungs, joints, muscles, you name it...water is needed. If you are on a biotin program, or vitamins, or take certain medications, you need even more water.

Drink your water...I challenge you!