Comments on: From Sally — Stash Enhancement or What Was I Thinking?

By: Justine Price

Justine Price — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:26:58 +0000

I am new in the alpaca industry. Have you ever thought of using alpaca fleece? I am acquiring a range of colors in the alpacas. Next year (2009) I will have lots of fleece that I can have made into yarn. I will have cria (baby alpaca) fleece by the end of summer, it’s the softest. I would really like to find someone to knit my fleece instead of turning it over to the co-op. If you know of anyone, please let me know. Hope your wrists are doing better! Thank-you for your time-Justine

By: P

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:20:41 +0000

I hope your wrists recover soon. I had De Quervain’s in my right wrist (I am right handed). Your trigger was far more glamorous than mine, which involved a large sack of potatoes… I had to have several operations but what really seemed to do the trick in the end was the splinting. If it’s any encouragement, I have made a full recovery with the help of excellent physiotherapy and occupational therapy and can knit just as before, and perhaps faster even.

By: Erica

Erica — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:35:16 +0000

I have only just encountered your blog and I am so very sorry to hear about your wrists!
My right wrist first turned into a burning swollen stabbing a week less than a year ago. I personally found De Quervains much harder to cope with than when I broke my arm because a broken bone has a predictable timeframe and once it’s better it’s better. As an architecture student and knitter I found not being able to draw or make things terribly upsetting. After being on hand rest for 6 weeks I hadn’t realised that I’d have to take it gently for quite a while after.Be prepared for it to take a long time before you can go back to the same kind of hand work load as before as your muscles have to build up their strength again once the tendon has recovered.

The hardest but most important thing is to not reinjure it. I sincerely hope yours is not as bad as mine. I did injure my wrist quite badly as I had an assignment due a couple of days after it first flared up and when i could no longer hold a pen I taped it to my fingers and kept going. Utter madness. Because of that I found myself unable to lift a glass without it springing back to life. Try not to be too stubborn. Be patient and the better you are now the faster and better your wrists will heal.

As for staying sane in the meantime planning future projects is marvelous and (for me) finding any other sort of creative dose for my head helped a great deal. Maybe tripod photo shoots/studies of some of your FOs? It’s funny but I started to find that ‘anatomical snuff pouch’/ groove between the two major tendons of an unswollen thumb a beautiful moment.

I expect your physio has given you all the advice you need but if you ever feel like venting feel free to email me.

They *will* get better. Good Luck and commiserations,
xx e

p.s. Ice is wonderful when you first notice it flaring up again

By: Karen B.

Karen B. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:33:01 +0000

My, oh my! That’s a bushel and a peck of gorgeous you have laid out there. I have confidence you will return to knitting very shortly. Meanwhile, don’t tear up the town too much

By: vanessa

vanessa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:55:51 +0000

good luck with your wrist!
i messed mine up last year, and have been trying to be good (it isn’t easy).

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:31:36 +0000

I have some lovely sculpture just like yours! Mine are in black. I felt rather awkward trying to do some relatively normal things while I wore them….especially when driving. They felt pretty much like stumps. Sleeping was a whole ‘nother issue. My husband slept in a fetal position, or on his stomach when I had to wear them to bed. ~:)

By: cici

cici — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:37:06 +0000

I didn’t know that I needed a reason to purchase yarn.. Wow this is news to me.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:17:07 +0000

Sally- I think Susan found out. oops.

By: Michele with one "L"

Michele with one "L" — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:19:09 +0000

Sally, Thanks so much for the link to Rosemary-go-round and the lace surgery. I know it will help me out a lot next time I knit a lace shawl. Are you going to Yarnover with Susan? If you are, I’ll see you there.

By: Meribeth

Meribeth — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:59:38 +0000

Hello, coming out of lurk to wish you a speedy recovery. A few years ago, I broke both wrists. Pure misery for 6 weeks. And I was told that knitting would be an impossibility with the casts on, which looked very much like yours. I managed to knit anyway after a while and I think I got away with it because it was a bone, and not a tender, delicate tendon. A word of warning: do not put your braces in the window as a work of art. I did when I got out of the blasted casts as a celebration…but from the street it looked suspiciously like something that is very socially unacceptable!

I am in awe over the beautiful knitting, and I love your blog! Been reading for a while, just stayed quiet. Have a great and fun time on your trip.