cast cozy . . . oxymoron?!?

Hahaha! If that laughter is starting to sound a little maniacal . . . well, it probably is . . . !

I did get my toes polished. Understandably I had to go into surgery with no polish on my toes, but when one is forced to show them on a consistent basis, one needs to make getting them polished a priority! So, all better now, in candy-apple-red!

Well, the nails may be red, but my toes are turning blue! It can get rather chilly in here in the evenings. But let's face it . . . socks over the foot of a cast (1) don't work real well and (2) don't look all that great, either. They look lumpy and yucky. Grrrr.

But I *think* perhaps I've got an idea to put my crafting energy to use . . .

I took one of my old footie socks and cut it off the toe -- leaving me with about 3-4 inches of the toe intact.

Then I cut it again just above the heal -- leaving all the ribbing intact. I discarded the middle section.

Then I turned the ribbed section inside out and fit the toe section inside the ribbed section, so that right sides were together. So far, easy-peasy.

I took a really strong, white quilting thread and whipped stitched around the opening edge -- making two complete circles.

After the second time around, I tied off my thread and turned the converted sock right-side out. Looks kinda like a thumbless mitten, doesn't it?

Voila! A snugly fitting cast (or toe) cozy! No unsightly bulk -- no makeshift appearance! You know, as long as I have to wear a cast (for at least three months), I'll definitely be wanting something *cute* covering my toes! We're talking December/January, here! I can see a couple more cozies in my future . . . maybe even some holiday themes.

And perhaps tomorrow morning I'll craft a little pink felt flower for it . . .

Oh yes. Definitely.

:)