Nov 09 2008
locking up the yarn again
Not literally locking away a basket of yarn, but I’m putting away my hooks and needles in hopes of the pain subsiding. Carpal Tunnel is a harsh mistress, she’s just decided to kick my butt this week. In efforts to please the nerves in my wrists beyond just wearing the braces while I sleep and sit around the house, I’m putting away all the needlework temptations.
In light of the ban on yarn, I’ll still need ways to keep my hands occupied. Chain smoking and eating to busy my restless fingers are not good ideas. So I’ll draw, I can do that with the braces on. The sewing machine may still work with braced hands. It’ll speed along sewing projects to get the machine fired up. Perhaps I can even do a bit of beading, my peyote stitch is finally free of rust, it’s time to try something beyond just practice.
On swap-bot there’s a fun little project that the other swappers are getting into called Dotees, little decorated figures with faces like dolls. A dotee is like a mini art-doll. The usually have hanging loops, though I’ve seen some which double as cases for nail care sets or other gadgets. Hmm, both a case and a doll? I can get into that.
