Stitching Progress

Not too much has been going on here because I gave myself a bit of carpel tunnel syndrome in my left hand.  Just about everything I do with that hand is somewhat repetitive -- work, crafting and playing DS.  Oh yeah, could it be that I was playing a lot of Mario Kart on the DS last week?  I'm sure that is what set off this recent bit of pain, but now that I read up on carpal tunnel a bit on the web, I see that I've had symptoms for a while now -- especially pins and needles in the  hand in the middle of the night.  Hmmmm. . .

So, I took a forced break from crafting for a good part of the last week and it is feeling somewhat better.  I knit a little on a new sock for Maddie Sunday night though and the pain started creeping back. 

One thing I can do because I mostly use my right hand is cross stitch, so I've made some progress on Strawberry Garden.  The snow is really coming down today, so I'm going to try to take a bit of a break from work this afternoon to do a little stitching while curled up under a blanket.  My local printer had a machine breakdown, so my patterns aren't here to work on anyway.  We'll see how far I get!

Comments

[--Deb]

It looks lovely, and makes me realize it's been years since I did any cross-stitch....

[Theresa]

Ouch! I hope your hand starts to feel better. Not fair to be "taking a break" and not be able to play with your toys. Your cross stitch project is going to be lovely. Reminds me that I need to finish the backstitching on that dragon of mine....

[Mey]

hi you have books for trade?
thanks

[Karin]

It looks very lovely, great seeing you make progress!

[brandy]

Also look at the way you sleep--carpal tunnel can be aggrevated by sleeping with bent wrists. You might also try sleeping with a wrist brace to keep them straight while you sleep. That has helped me (and my mother) a great deal.