Greetings all, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who have made this site what it is. THANK YOU!
I severly sprained (I severed one of the tendons completely) and broke my right thumb about a month ago. I lost balance on my bycycle, my primary method of transportation, and crashed. I had started knitting about 2 months prior to my accident, and had just finished my first project a harry potter scarf and it turned out very nicely for a first knit (or so I’ve been told).
Then the accident happened and I thought I would never knit again. I’ve been trying off and on over the past few weeks, but everything I did came out looking funny because I was trying to hold the yarn in my right hand and I just couldn’t do it. I kept getting discouraged and giving up. Well, I finally got the inspiration to make a stocking to go under my splint, so I don’t have to wear this bland nasty thing that they gave me for it. I tried to learn to use my left hand to hold the yarn, but it wasn’t looking right. I googled “how knit 2 purl 2” and this site was 3rd down from the top. I started watching the videos on this site and I realized that I was working the yarn backwards and upside down :doh:.
So, thank you to the community here for making this site what it is and allowing an almost ex-knitter another chance.
Hello there!! Welcome! Glad to hear that you’re getting back to your needles. I had a bicycle accident also (August). (Didn’t hurt my hands.) Just curious, do you plan to ride again? I am just now beginning to consider it, but IF I do, it won’t be until spring…
Of course I do, I love riding my bike. I feel like the world is a lot more open to me when I’m riding versus driving in my car. The accident was stupid anyway, I was going a little too fast on a narrow sidewalk, so…yeah.
HAHA! I’ve gotten quite a few “HEY! You look like insert famous person!” but I’ve never gotten that one. I have to agree with you, though. That picture of me definitely makes me look like him.
Come on in and pull up a chair! 
the Monkees, Angelia…my personal fav is “I’m Gonna Buy Me a Dog” Peter is my favorite Monkee