Re:any knitters out there

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Hi and fellow RA knitters,

I'm a knitter too. Knitting is one of the things I miss since being

diagnosed with RA. My RA at first caused trigger fingers then pain and swelling

in the wrist. I stopped knitting the past year. I recently have begun to do

a few minutes every day or so. I have always used bamboo needles or

circular. I " ve heard other knitter with arthritis say that it sometimes helps

to

rotate small projects meaning doing one project on straight wooded needles

and maybe another on circulars. That also helps you see which is more

comfortable . I also use a wrist splint when knitting. I also now use a timer

cause well you know how it is with knitting. Once you start time flies by and

you either don't realize how time flew by or you keep saying just one more

row lol........

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Posted by: " keptoz " _keptoz@... _ (mailto:keptoz@...?Subject=

Re:%20Any%20knitters%20here?) _keptoz _ (keptoz)

Fri May 15, 2009 11:08 am (PDT)

Thanks for all the replies. I think I'm going to try out wooden needles -

maybe the bamboo ones & I like the idea also of using circular needles. I'm

really itching to get back into it. I know realistically I won't be able

to do hours on end like I used to, but maybe in 10-15 min increments

throughout the day. I always found it to be such a great stress reliever.

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