I finished my first sock last week. I have about 1/3 of the second one finished. I have really enjoyed learning to make socks and use dpns but i have discovered that my hands tend to hurt with using smaller needles. I wonder if there are other knitters out there who have experienced the same thing. Over Christmas my hands were hurting pretty bad. As I normally do I started to worry and imagine the worst case scenario: I have carpal tunnel at age 25 and will never be able to knit again I might as well return all the knitting related gifts i received for Christmas because what's the point. (think i went a little overboard? don't worry i didn't really return the gifts). I gave my sock knitting a rest for a few days and my hands feel better. I did a lot of work this weekend on my second sock and my hands are not hurting like they did over the Christmas weekend thank goodness!
I have signed up for project spectrum. It starts in February. The first three colors are Blue, White, and Gray. I am excited to be participating in this. I have not yet decided what to do using these colors but I have a few ideas. I am leaning toward dying some blue yarn for a sweater. This will be a good challenge for be as I have only dyed one skein of sock yarn. Dying a large amount scares me a little but I look forward to learning more about yarn dying. I also have in mind some white fuzzy baby booties for a friend of mine. She just found out she will be having a girl! This is the same friend who came over last week to learn to knit. I can't believe how quickly she caught on. I taught her how to cast on, knit in garter stitch, and to bind off. She was so excited with her first little purple rectangle. There is a pattern in Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson for a baby blanket knitted by different knitters. I think it would be really fun to do that together for her new baby. It would be a great project for a new knitter because it is all garter stitch and is knitted in strips and then sewn together.
I did not plan to be off today but the hospital was over staffed so here I am. I have already been to the gym this morning and the house is clean since we did some major preparations for putting the house on the market this week. So...looks like some guilt free knitting for today.
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Hi Staycee, I'm glad you commented on my blog. My computer died shortly after I 1st commented on your blog and I lost all my "favorites."
I too have also suffered the "sore hand" syndrome from knitting too much. At one point I think I may have pulled a muscle. The center part of my palm was sore for a while. Strangely, it only hurt when I WASN'T knitting. Yet, it would not get better until I stopped knitting until all the soreness was gone. At other times, I have gotten sore fingers, usually from using metal needles, or purposely knitting tightly with something unyielding, like cotton (or netting).
We knit obsessed people need to stick together! Keep posting!
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