I know you're eager to see how its coming along, right? Well, here you go?
I know. No progress. Actually, thats not strictly true. You can see the felt left underneath the vinyl I'd removed. And that was as far as I got as I'm now sporting this:-
Yes, in my eagerness to remove the vinyl, somehow I managed to jam the scissors into my hand. The bandage is hiding a rather long, deep wound, some stitches and steri strips. Seriously, I've never seen so much blood!
So, I've had some very importamts lessons re-enforced this weekend:
1 - I can type one handed (albeit very slowly!);
2 - I'm extremely clumsy - this is obviously the most extreme example (I usually manage to stub my toes or walk into something on a daily basis).
3 - As much as I joke about it, the sight of blood really does make me feel faint (I didn't but came very close). I'm incredibly squeamish.
4 - I'm impatient and tend to rush things when I'm keen to see a result.
5 - My boyf and MiL are brilliant in an emergency (he took me to A&E, she cleaned everything for me).
All joking aside, I was really rather lucky as I just missed the tendons and managed to miss the veins so no lasting damage done. With where it is I just need to keep it rested and elevated for a couple of days to avoid pulling at the stitches and to allow it to start healing. Stitches should be out in 10 days-ish but it doesn't look like I'm going to be doing any sewing for a while...
Any craft related injuries you want to share and make me feel better?!
Have put the sewing machine needle through my finger, nail and all on more than one occasion. Oh and then there was the time I was turning some piping right way out using a Knitting needle and manage to stab the needle through my leg, that caused quite alot of blood and a trip to A&E. Oh and the time that I was trying to finish some machine sewing in a rush and the portable table the machine was on collapsed dropping the machine on my foot, another trip to A&E for a broken toe!! Right have now decided I too am accident prone and am moving away from sharp objects or heavy ones!!
ReplyDeleteHope your hand recovers soon I want to see what you plan for the chair.
Hugs Pene x
oh no! sounds like a big owie! I regularly manage to slice myself whenever I approach a piece of paper. Hence I don't do paper-craft. Hope it feels better soon.
ReplyDeleteNot so much due to my crafting but when I was little my cousins and I were playing hide and seek. I jumped into a triangle gap where two sofas meet, only to sit on my Nanas sock knitting needles one got completely stuck in my butt cheek my Mum pulled it out and I had to have a huge plaster on my bum for 2 weeks, I think I was about 8, my Nanas knitting needles always had corks on them after that.
ReplyDeleteOh no, poor you. I hate the sight of blood too and faint even when it's shown on TV!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope your hand gets better soon and that you can carry on restoring your chair.
Luv Sophie xxx
Pene- thats quite a list you have there!
ReplyDeleteAmanda - sorry but that really made me laugh, thanks for sharing.
Saphy and Sophie, thanks guys x
Looks really nasty Kate, hope you get better really soon xx
ReplyDeleteOuch! I'm afraid I'm the same, I always rush things, cakes being a case in point. I KNOW they need to cool before you take them out of the tin...but do I ever wait long enough? No, and I leave half of it behind. I did this with my son's birthday cake on Friday and had to cement it back together with buttercream...
ReplyDeletewow nasty! hope you mend soon :-)
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like the sort of thing I would do. The quote" I don't need to move the ladder I can reach" is one of my husbands favourite examples.
ReplyDeleteGillx
Oh my! I too am clumsy but have escaped serious injury so far. These stories make me think that maybe sewing machines and knitting needles should come with health warnings!
ReplyDelete