[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Dexterity improvement through crafts?

[Sarah Hale]

Good afternoon crafters!

Apologies if anyone sees this message twice. I'm looking for a little 
advice. I have several dexterity issues, arthritis in two fingers, 
carpel tunnel and fibromyalgia. *ibromyalgia*   I type for a living, so 
I need to be able to do so for the entire day. To that end, I'm looking 
for suggestions to keep my hands moving and dexterity fluid. I used to 
throw clay on a wheel, but haven't done so in decades. I never got the 
hang of sewing or knitting, but am willing to give it a shot. Any 
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much,

Sarah

On 12/30/2019 3:45 PM, Deborah Mason via Groups.Io wrote:
> Sounds like an interesting use of the colors.
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> Can you tell me more about levinwick?
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> I’m not sure what made me decide to start a new project on the first day of the year.  Most likely one year back there I was starting a new project on January first, and the next year decided to do it again.
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> I guess I realized I had been doing it several years when we were oon a plane on the way home from Texas, a couple of days after Christmas one year and my husband asked what my New Year’s day project was going to be.
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> Deborah
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>> On Dec 30, 2019, at 3:03 PM, Georgina <sassykat45 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Deborah,
>> I love love the idea of starting a new project at the beginning of the year…
>> I also like the idea of working on the UFOs on Fridays… I’m going to implement these two ideas…
>> I have chosen my 2020 project which is levenwick...
>> I also considered a cardigan from simply knitsbut the levenwick caught my fancy…
>> I know I will have lots of questions when I come to the eye cord bind off and the three needle bind off but I think I can do everything else the pattern requires…
>> I want to do this in a French blue and gray…
>> I was thinking of making the color in the blue, the bottom hand part of the sweater and a tiny bit of the sleeves in this blue and the body of the sweater and gray.
>>> On Dec 30, 2019, at 10:34 AM, Deborah Mason via Groups.Io <dfmason=me.com at groups.io> wrote:
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>>> Welcome.
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>>> At the moment I’m working on two summer tops.  Make that 3 if we count the UFO I’ll probably finish on Friday.
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>>> This summer while reorganizing the stash, I discovered I had an unbelievable number of ufo’s, (unfinished objects.”  So every Friday I work on one.  Sometimes I finish one on one Friday, and some get worked on over several Friday’s.
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>>> And, on Wednesday, I will start a new project.  I have a tradition that started over 20 years ago.  No matter how many projects I have on the needles, I start a new project on the first day of the year.  I haven’t decided what the 2020 project will be yet.  I thought I had decided then realized I don’t have enough of the yarn I wanted to use.  I have tow days to go.  I’m good under pressure, so I’m sure I’ll decide on a project and yarn by then.
>>>
>>> The two tops I’m working on are the Dahlia, and the blissful blue.
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>>> Dahlia is a top down top with stockinette at the top and cables from the waist down.  I’m using cotton cascade yarn in a copper color for it.
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>>> The blissblue top has ribbing at the bottom, and an eyelet pattern at the top with cables along the edges.  The yarn for it is a cotton linen blend from Knit Picks.  A friend gave it to me while visiting this summer.
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>>> It is seriously blue.  in March we got a new car.  The top and the car match.  We claim the car is “can’t lose it in a parking lot” blue.
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>>> Now, what are you working on?  We are a curious lot.
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>>> Deborah
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>>>> On Dec 29, 2019, at 2:46 PM, SHELLEY SCHUETT <shelleyschuett at telus.net> wrote:
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>>>> Hello
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>>>> I just joined this group yesterday and I’m looking forwards to meeting everyone and seeing what everyone is working on.
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