My hands can bite me

Wednesday, September 5. 2007

My hands can bite me

Super secret information: I did not knit from early February until last week. Shocker, I know.

Yet finally, the bug bit me, and I set about my merry way on a pair of anklets with spare (oh so much spare) sock yarn. I knit the cuff, I started to knit the short row heel. I got halfway through it, and my hands . . .

So I'll say again, my hands can freaking bite me, as can my left shoulder, my back, and (on an unrelated note entirely) my knee.

I love you, knitting, but why do you hurt me so?

Posted by Renée Rigdon in renee_speaks at 15:17 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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I know exactly what you mean! I've poor circulation in my hands and I've a hard time knitting up more than 20 or 30 rows of something w/o taking a break. My hands get very cold and the joints stiffen up sometimes... It's more irritating than painful but it is bothersome.

#1 sabrina (Link) on 2007-09-05 16:04 (Reply)

Have you tried a wrist brace? I feel like a dork when I have to wear it, but at least I can actually enjoy the knitting process now....

#2 Alice on 2007-09-05 16:21 (Reply)

Yeah. I was playing football one time (for my 21st birthday) and fell and bent all my fingers to touch the back of my hand. (My doctor says I have carpal tunnel and I think I broke one of my fingers because now I have a bone spur.) Now on random days my hand will hurt so bad I can barely use it to drive. I actually have to sleep with two wrist braces on (very sexy). My other wrist is bad from using a computer no less than 8 hours a day at least 5 days a week and then spending the remainder of my day knitting. Woops. It is a pain in the butt...er...I mean wrist.
(And once I played computer games for a whole day straight with poor posture and the next day the entire right side of my body was sore--finger tips to toes!)

#3 Angela (Link) on 2007-09-06 08:39 (Reply)

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