Crafting: Something Different...

So I went the doctor yesterday and she told me that while I try to heal my poor right arm... *sigh* I am not allowed to knit. Boo... :( But those of you who know me... You know that I can't NOT be crafting something. But what can I do? Hmmm...

Interestingly enough... About a week ago my husband and I were trying to organize the office/craft room when we happened to discover the crazy amount of fabric that I own and it gave me the idea to start sewing again. So I wanted to start with a project that was easy and small. And since I am "cowl crazy" right now I decided that I would try to make The Patricia Infinity Cowl by Shannon of luvinthemommyhood.

I found some beautiful fabric sets that I thought would look awesome... 

Black White and Currant II by Henry Glass & Co.

Chinese Takeout by Sheri McCulley

So now we'll see what happens...

~.^

Me: Good News & Bad News...

Knit Night at
 Good Earth Coffeehouse at Uptown

Last night was our monthly knit night... and to be perfectly honest... I was a little worried.

I had mentioned in a previous post that my wrist was giving me problems (carpal tunnel) to the point where I could barely move it without a surge of pain shooting through my arm from my pinky to my elbow. It's been like this for about a week... So I thought it was because I had been knitting like a mad woman for the passed month and a half. So for a week I didn't knit. It was excruciating not being able to knit because I wanted to but I couldn't...

But then knit night came and I picked up my needles... Much to my surprise, I noticed that when I started to knit, my wrist felt fine. Yay! BUT... Then I noticed that I had to concentrate on relaxing my grip on the needles. When my hands were relaxed, it felt fine. But when I tensed up, it got achy again... *pout*

So... Needless to say, I really want to concentrate on healing my arm. So I'm going to start by only knitting every other day for twenty to thirty minutes. If that get's to be too much I will space the days out even further.  But I can't not knit. I just started a design project...  At the very least I NEED to finish it! PLUS I really really really want to start on my cardigan soon... But it's not crucial. I just wanted to make this sweater.

So the good news is I can still knit... The bad news is I can't knit as much as I'd like to... *pout*

But all that being said we did have a great night knitting, chatting and sipping beverages!

Woot! Funtimes!