CPAP Scarf Pattern

Well, my CPAP scarf is finished, and I'm so happy with it I thought I should post the pattern I used.

CPAP Scarf

Yarn: 2 x 180 m 8 ply
- double stranded knitting, so 2 yarns with complementary colourways.
Needles - Size 7 / 8 - something pretty chunky.
Ribbon: 2.5m 3mm ribbon in matching or contrasting colour.
Or if you are feeling particularly insane - 2.5m of i-cord!

Hold two strands together and ...
CO: 17

Cuff:
RS: Purl
WS: Knit
RS: Purl
WS: Purl
RS: Knit
WS: Purl
RS: Purl
WS: Knit
RS: Purl

Main section:
WS: slip 1 purlwise, P2, YO, P2tog, P6, P2tog, YO, P3
RS: slip 1 knitwise, K15
Repeat until it is long enough (approx 1.8 metres)
end on a WS

Cuff:
RS: Purl
WS: Knit
RS: Purl
WS: Purl
RS: Knit
WS: Purl
RS: Purl
WS: Knit
RS: Purl

You now have a very long scarf with a row of eyelet holes down the edge.
Wrap it lengthwise around the CPAP hose and thread the ribbon through the holes to join it. Knot the ribbon back on itself at each end to hold.

Use more ribbon at the cuffs to hold it firmly on, or elastic bands / scrunchies etc.
I just used the tail at each end to tie it back to itself - but I'm inherently lazy!

Detail:


Hanging around:


No copyright reserved - feel free it pass it on, use it, abuse it, even send people back here to look at it....

It's reduced my humidifier heat down by 2 notches and using lots less water too.
It's also much nicer to snuggle up to than a plastic tube. :)

Woo Hoo! I'm knitting again!

Yeah! My wrist is fully flexible and I have enough risidual energy at the end of the day to knit again!

My first project is a fitting one...

The CPAP machine delivers me humidified (heated, moist) air via a 6-7' tube about 1" in diameter. The tube is not insulated, so the air loses it's warmth (and associated moisture) on the way to my personal intake valves (mouth, nose). So I'm making a narrow scarf to wrap around the tube.

I have chosen an appropriately branded wool - Sean Sheep (so I can count them as I'm drifting off). It was on special from BigW, 6 balls which I think should do it for only $2 each.

I'm still trying out patterns, and thinking about double or single stranded...
I've got 3 balls each of Napier in eggplant and ruby twist Armytage.
Yeah! I'm knitting again!

Tonight's the Night!

Woo Hoo!
The two weeks of hell is over, today I get my CPAP machine.
I just checked with the pharmacy where I can rent before I buy, and they are open until 9pm, so that won't be a problem, even if the Sleep Doc is running really late, as opposed to just standard late...
And there is a gluten-free pizza place - "Town & Country Pizza" just around the corner from the pharmacy, so I think I'll have to try them for dinner.

And you may not have noticed :), but I'm typing much faster too!
Yep - I'm officially two-handed again. The Wrist Doc is amazed at how fast I have progressed back towards full movement and strength, but then I mentioned the knitting and he nodded sagely. Spinning the wrist (the movement you would do if swinging a cat by its tail..) still hurts a little - and this is what I need for knitting. But I think it is good enough now to start the my self-funded knitting therapy - once I'm not so tired anymore that I'd drop stitches and get frustrated - so that'll be tomorrow!
Amazing how it has all come together at once!

In house news, all the valuations got done and the bank agrees we *can* actually afford the new house :) I fear there are still many, many signatures needed, however, before we actually get to the moving in part...

That's all for now, move along... :)

“A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.”

Just in case you hadn't heard...

We've bought a house.
Yep - we won at auction on Saturday.



It starts being a home come October.

Want to see more pics, email me and I'll send you the URL.
And just around the corner from a S'n'B in a Gluten Free Cafe! How more perfect could that be!