Both of my resolutions fell by the wayside last week.
When I was lifting the boxed Joy wheel to take it to the post office I pulled a muscle in my right arm. It's not too painful if I keep it close to my body and not ask it to lift anything. That's hard to do. I am very right hand dominant so the injury is pretty much cutting out most things that I can do. (I can still knit socks - yay!) I keep hoping that I'll wake up and it will be all better but it's not happening. Dan thinks it might take a few weeks (ack!). I haven't been to the doctor because I don't think anything is torn; I think it's just a sprain. Anyway, the exercise resolution has been blown because I'm afraid of making the injury worse. I guess I should go downstairs and get the on the recumbent bike. I could do that.
I definitely can not groom my dogs. Thankfully I did everyone's nails and feet last weekend and brushed everyone but Robbie before the injury. I really wish I had done Robbie because his coat is a lot of work! Now it's just going to get worse and be harder to get through by the time I can wield a brush. If this arm thing keeps up I may have to start phoning groomers to do the job.
I made the mistake of going to my LYS, Golden Willow. I was going that way anyway so it seemed like a good idea. I adore Golden Willow and the people that work there! Apparently I am totally incapable of just window shopping and visiting while I'm there so another resolution took a hit. I know that I would be more than welcome to pop in and not buy anything but I can't. There are just too many beautiful things!
Behold!
When I was lifting the boxed Joy wheel to take it to the post office I pulled a muscle in my right arm. It's not too painful if I keep it close to my body and not ask it to lift anything. That's hard to do. I am very right hand dominant so the injury is pretty much cutting out most things that I can do. (I can still knit socks - yay!) I keep hoping that I'll wake up and it will be all better but it's not happening. Dan thinks it might take a few weeks (ack!). I haven't been to the doctor because I don't think anything is torn; I think it's just a sprain. Anyway, the exercise resolution has been blown because I'm afraid of making the injury worse. I guess I should go downstairs and get the on the recumbent bike. I could do that.
I definitely can not groom my dogs. Thankfully I did everyone's nails and feet last weekend and brushed everyone but Robbie before the injury. I really wish I had done Robbie because his coat is a lot of work! Now it's just going to get worse and be harder to get through by the time I can wield a brush. If this arm thing keeps up I may have to start phoning groomers to do the job.
I made the mistake of going to my LYS, Golden Willow. I was going that way anyway so it seemed like a good idea. I adore Golden Willow and the people that work there! Apparently I am totally incapable of just window shopping and visiting while I'm there so another resolution took a hit. I know that I would be more than welcome to pop in and not buy anything but I can't. There are just too many beautiful things!
Behold!
A beautiful glass orifice hook made by Amy Spiers. I've ordered a Majacraft Little Gem wheel from Cal at Shuttleworks. That doesn't count against my resolutions because I sold the Ashford Joy to free up the funds for the new wheel. I also ordered a fine flyer with a round orifice. The Majacraft wheels come with a standard delta orifice that I like for some spinning. But for the really fine yarns, I like the round orifice. So I needed a new orifice hook.Doesn't the orifice hook match the Indiecita Malabrigo sock yarn perfectly? The yarn was purchased before New Year so it doesn't count as a strike against my resolutions. I did, however, buy some Trekking XXL sock yarn at Golden Willow and that does count. As the kids would say, my bad.
My arm is telling me that I must get off the computer. Now.
3 comments:
Sorry about your arm, hope you feel better soon. The glass orifice hook is beautiful!
Trekking XXL was the first real sock yarn I ever actually owned, hard to believe that was only a year ago next month.
I hope your arm heals fast.
Hope your arm starts feeling better soon.
That's a beautiful orifice hook. Between that hook and the ball of Trekking I think you did just fine. You didn't break the bank with your purchase. :)
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