Looking back I honestly don't remember over using my hands or knitting too much, typing too much or at weird angles, gripping things too hard. But the ache and tightness in my wrist tells a different story. A recent visit to a masseuse was a telling experience. It felt great to have her work through the tough and tight muscles of my arm, and in the process she could feel how bad the scar tissue is that surrounds the tendon sheath in my right hand. Sigh.
Patterns and ideas continue to spin road in my head, taunting me with the virtue that they will be the fast and easy knit. Their design process will not be a struggle and in the end I won't have to give up knitting for a month after their completion. But that's exactly where I lead myself every design. My current project, nicknamed Tettegouche for the moment, is half designed and awaiting some inspiration to finish. It isn't a complicated design, my mind is constantly changing on how best to finish the last section of charts and design. I guess it's a good thing that I can't knit for a few weeks more. It will sit and wait patiently for me in the WIP basket. Here's the lovely yarn ...
So, I shall endeavor to let my body heal a bit and promote the healing process with ice baths for my wrist. It might even be time for the ibuprofen regime. And in the meantime I will put more strain on my arms and wrists with my summer love ... My bicycle that just received some shiny lively spoke decorations that are stars and lightening bolts. It's rockin! (Ignore the nurses bed in my office behind the lovely steed)
Off to ice the hands,
Be excellent to each other!
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