Suffering for my art

#1

The one thing I hate about being a thrower is that I tend to push my needles in and out of stitches (push them on the points). I have such a sore thumb and sore forefinger. ARGH! I’ve tried contintental knitting and CAN do it, but I prefer to throw. So for now, I will just suffer for my art. Sore fingers or not, I can’t stop knitting!! :slight_smile:

#2

What about a thimble… you could try that!

#3

I need to buy one. Or two. I’m not a sewer. I’m breaking into fabric arts one craft at a time. Knitting first. :slight_smile:

#4

You could also try a finger condom thing that they use at the post office. They have them in office supply stores and are usually made of a soft plastic and have little nubbly things on them.

#5

I understand. I have a callous where I push the needle points.

#6

I do that with Continental. The grass isn’t any greener.

I have callouses from polishing rings so it doesn’t bother me, except when #3 dpns manage to poke through. Then they always seem to find the hole.
So now I’ve started pushing by putting the needle under a fingernail.

#7

Ouch! I understand! I do the same thing.

#8

I had to go knit a few stitches to try to figure this out; why are you pushing your needles? I don’t understand, and am beginning to freak out thinking there is something that I need to know. Is there???

#9

why dont you hold the needles like amy? she wraps the yarn around her pinkie and her foefinger goes under the yarn when she knits english so do i

#10

She also pushes the needle in and out of the stitches in her video.

#11

I’m with ya, girl. I do the same thing. Sometimes after I’ve done a marathon session I can see a little indentation on my forefinger from where I’ve been pushing the needle. :wink:

#12

You can put them inside-out and the nubbly things won’t snag your yarn.

#13

What a good suggestion, think I will be making a trip to the office supply store. I have sore forefinger, I am a thrower - tried continental but haven’t gotten the ‘hang’ of it yet - so think this just might help. Come to think of it, years ago when I worked in an office seems I had something like what you described. I don’t think I called it a ‘condom’ though. Just teasing… Thanks for the great suggestion for sore fingers!

#14

lol @ finger condom. I too had sore fingers for a while…but now I’m used to it :mrgreen:

#15

i do it too! Used to hurt but now i i’m used to it (still gets a bit sore after while tho), i hav a small callous on my finger. Then again it’s nowhere near as painful as my attempt to play the guitar so I’m happy to live with it.