This morning, I was working on some two color stash-buster mittens, and using two circular, one short 16″ and one long, probably about 32″.
I decided I needed to pull out the longer needle for some correcting and somehow the long cable flopped around in such a way that it flew at my eye. Ouch, no big deal. Then when I went to put my contacts in I saw this:
Really, what kind of klutz gives herself what I now know is called a subconjunctival hemorrhage? Do I need to wear safety glasses when knitting? This evening when my husband saw it, he convinced me to at least call the Care Line. Uh, yeah. Nurse Michelle? How did I do this? It’s a little hard to explain. I kinda sorta poked myself in the eye with a knitting needle. Perhaps this is payback for those times when I wish I could poke someone else in the eye with a knitting needle. (Knitting in meetings can bring this on.) Or perhaps it’s related to that phrase a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Anyway, unless the red spreads, it’s no big deal and yes, I can put my contacts in. So remember, be careful out there.
12 responses so far ↓
Gale // January 17, 2008 at 4:49 pm |
Oh noooo! If it’s any consolation, I too have done this sort of thing. It hurts.
gale (she shoots sheep shots) // January 17, 2008 at 5:06 pm |
Its Other Gale chiming in. OUCH! and the sting of having to admit how you did it, too. And I’m sorry to say I kind of snorted some coffee when I read it…only because it is exactly something I could imagine doing, too. Feel better soon.
Miss T // January 17, 2008 at 5:11 pm |
Owie! Beautiful mitt, though.
Incaknits // January 17, 2008 at 6:15 pm |
M’Lou you are just about the goofiest woman I know. I wish I could add my needle in the eye story to the group but I ‘ve never done It (although I’m guessing that after this it will happen directly). If it makes you feel any better I have yet another horse picture for you done by Emma. And this time I think the horse actually looks like a horse. I’ll bring it Monday. Hope your eye has cooled down by then. Happy knitting (maybe less drinking? haha)
Anne // January 17, 2008 at 8:26 pm |
Ouch! That does NOT look nice. Who’da thunk it?
myartfullife // January 18, 2008 at 2:15 am |
Sorry to laugh, but your telling had me snorting, too. I once sewed my thumb with the sewing machine. Avocational hazards. … Ouch. Your mitten is beautiful. Wishing you speedy healing.
Becky // January 22, 2008 at 12:38 am |
ouch ouch ouch. Not laughing at all. But then again, I’ve given myself a paper cut with cardboard. Oy. I hope you’re better soon.
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olga // February 15, 2008 at 2:40 pm |
OOOOOO, the things we suffer for our art….
debbi // February 15, 2008 at 4:16 pm |
We had to buy the kids safety glasses when they were younger to toast marshmellows so flying knitting needles sounds perfectly normal to me. Beautiful mittens.
Melinda // February 19, 2008 at 1:08 pm |
Love the mitten colour! Very nice!
And thanks for sharing. At least I now know I’m not the only one. Does this make us the Tim Taylors of knitting? (OK, you automatically qualify, I didn’t have a subcorneal bleed and was able to pull the needle out on my own)
Be careful out there!
Barb // April 9, 2008 at 4:48 pm |
Oh, ouch!