How To Deal with a Knitting Injury
Hello, Repetitive Motion Injury! This is a common malady for knitters. It’s caused by stress and injuries to ligaments, muscles, nerves and/or tendons that you use when you work at your craft. Here are Five ways to prevent a Repeitive Motion Injury while knitting.
Handknit Socks for October
Malabrigo Rios, colorway 227 Volcan, is the perfect variegated yarn for socks in fall colors. The 100% superwash merino yarn has all the gold and green, red and brown and orange colors of the leaves in October. Most sock yarn has 10 or 20% manmade fibers, such as nylon, to increase the life of the sock ... socks get quite a lot of wear and tear, especially in the heel and the toe.
Pumpkin Time
Free Knitting Pattern for Knit Pumpkins. Yarn: Cascade Yarns Cascade 220 Superwash, Colorway Pumpkin
Shifting the focus
The Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island. Morning on the porch, with coffee and fingerless mitts inspired by spending a week of summer on an island, looking out at the marsh, feeling the ocean breeze.
Diagnosis Day
A proper diagnosis of Adult ADHD is best given by a psychiatrist, psychologist or neurologist. Your family doctor may not be trained in diagnosing ADHD in adults.
A Wellspring of Creativity
“Inside every person I’ve ever met with ADHD is a wellspring of creativity — a creativity so integral to who we are and how we’re made, that our health and happiness seems to hinge on embracing and expressing it fully (Dianne O’Reilly, Writer, ADHD Coach at dianneoreilly.com).
