Out of desperation to keep my hands busy while watching movies, football, etc, and trying to avoid the pain I'm having in my left arm/shoulder, I pulled out my needlepoint from years ago. My godmother gave me this and I do love it and love the colors. So, I started needlepointing on Sunday and last night and realized that it isn't the answer to my need for busy hands/no pain. I realized that the way I keep my left arm up to hold the canvas keeps it in the position that hurts while I knit. Darn!
Maybe I need to bust out the sewing machine...any way I can put it in front of the boob tube while watching football this weekend? My husband can't understand why I feel compelled to always be doing something with my hands...what is it with the need to always be productive. I find knitting relaxing, engaging, challenging, fun and I love having my hands productive.
3 comments:
That's exactly how I feel, too. I dislike watching TV unless I can be working on a project at the same time.
Do you have a knitting loom? I'm wondering if you could leave your left arm free and use your right arm to knit on the loom. Not sure how well that would work...
I hope you find something you can do that doesn't hurt!
Drat! I think you should take up massage therapy... preferably having it done on your shoulder!
How about yoga, reading, walking, not doing ANYTHING with your hands for awhile (you'll survive... I was there for 4 months at one time!) Ooh - how about photography? That should be easy on the arms.
Good luck!
In my prior life (the non-knitting one) I used to be able to watch t.v. without doing anything else. Now I go stir crazy and can't concentrate on a show without some knitting or crocheting in my hands.
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