She's back!

A pre-crash photo of  my friend Linda, who has been in a wheelchair since being hit by a car in December. She's taken up knitting again, but it will be awhile before she's back in my kitchen helping with the dishes.

My friend Linda, hit by a car as she was walking across an intersection on Dec. 9, has spent the last two months in a wheelchair. An injury to her shoulder made knitting a painful prospect at first, but then along came her physiotherapist, whose wife was getting ready to deliver their first baby.

The knitting needles reappeared, the shoulder injury receded, and by the time the baby was born, Linda had completed her first post-crash project, a little blue lion. Her physio was so delighted that he sent her a photo of the newborn with the toy.

Linda still had some wool around, and there are always children in line for her creations, so within a week, the lion sisters arrived.  Here they are -- not just new toys, but a celebration of an avid knitter back in action.

I like the expressions on the faces of these colourful, fluffy-maned sisters. 

Flexible joints mean they can assume various positions. One appears to be inspecting the other's beautifully curled tail. 

The lion sisters hiding out with Linda's plants.