My first knitting-related injury
So I was sitting at home working on my kilt hose. I stood up to go into the kitchen and got the yarn wrapped around my leg, which caused me to stumble. Which caused me to twist awkwardly on my ankle. Which caused me to go down on my knees, bringing my face into direct contact with the top of the swift that’s currently set up next to my sofa.
Owch.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:09 pm
A good scar needs a good story.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Doubly knitting related — both the initial fall and the wound caused by knitting. I think you can count this as two. And I can’t help myself from saying — you could have put out your eye!!!
July 21st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
That’ll teach you.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Oh no! Is the swift okay?
July 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Spoken like a true knitter, Amanda.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch!
July 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Kilt man fall down, go boom?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
That *does* look painful. But think of it this way: chicks dig scars. So knitter chicks will *really* dig scars gained in the pursuit of knitting.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:02 pm
OUCH!!
Plum Texan that was funny. *snort*
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Funniest thing to me about all of this… the category of “Hats” on the post. Does wearing a swift on your face count as a hat? ;~)
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hmmmm…well, that’s a much better story than my friend who threw his back out sneezing when he was bent over picking up laundry.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Thanks, Enid.
Bee: “wearing a swift on your face.” *gigglesnort*
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Yeah but as knitting injuries go–that one’s pretty bitchin’!
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
You could have poked your eye out!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 am
It’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt!
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Yowie! That’s amazing. I always imagine impaling myself- or, god forbid, someone else!- when I knit on the bus.
It kinda reminds me of those teardrops the gangbangers get tattooed on their faces that supposedly mean they killed someone.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Glad this turned out to be a “story” rather than tragedy.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Yipes!
After checking on the swift I would have been making sure no one saw me - I seem to do that even when I’m alone.
At least your injury doesn’t prevent you from further knitting! Unless the emotional trauma has scarred you…