This is not what I had planned on the first day of my long holiday vacation weekend….
One tip of thumb hanging, one tetnus shot and 4 stitches later, I learn that rotary cutters really ARE sharp. Ironically this one warned me of the dangers of the Rotary Cutter and was subsequently my nurse at Urgent Care – she does a good dressing, non?
Our floors looked liked a crime scene according to Hubby after the “quilting incident” and Gangles’ quilt will have a nice piece o’ DNA on his keepsake quilt. I can’t do dishes or bathe the chitlines for 8-1o days either…
hmmmmm……
Poor me…
but I can’t knit well either…
CRAP!
30 Comments
July 4, 2008 at 10:33 pm
wow, that is one big honkin’ bandage!! crazy nurse. once it comes off i bet you will figure out a way to knit around it.
July 4, 2008 at 10:37 pm
O.U.C.H. Yow. I took the tip of my left index finger off with an Exacto knife once. Thankfully, it regenerated (heh) pretty well and you can’t even tell now. Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery!
July 4, 2008 at 11:39 pm
eeek! i hope it heals up quickly!
July 4, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Hmm. I take this as a sign that I shouldn’t run right out and buy quilting material just yet. I can learn from other people’s mistakes!
July 5, 2008 at 12:10 am
A fellow quilting student and I were both talking with our hands, while she was holding a rotary cutter. I ended up with a nice slice in my wrist, and then tried to hide my injury from the teacher (it was a class on how to use rotary cutters).
I’ve also stapled my finger (really hurts pulling that splayed staple back out), gotten both a pencil and a knitting needle stuck in the palm of my hand (not at the same time) and cut the end of my index finger off with a paper cutter (regeneration rocks!).
I’m afraid of my kitchen knives — it’s my husband’s job to wash them.
I’m planning on staying away from needle felting, and I recommend that you do the same.
July 5, 2008 at 6:59 am
Thats IT! I’m putting you in a rubber room so you can do no more harm to yourself!!!
July 5, 2008 at 10:04 am
Hee hee, been there, done that. I didn’t think mom was right about the rotary cutter…oops. She was.
Enjoy your time “off” from the housework.
July 5, 2008 at 11:54 am
Oh, see, that’s bad.
July 5, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Holy Shit girl! Step away from the rotary cutter and stay away!!
My suggestions for bathing the chitlines … hose? outside? Oh, wait, how ’bout “slide – go”!!!
I think this calls for a double margarita minus the margarita mix.
July 5, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Ouch! Definitely, some painkilling booze is needed, stat.
July 5, 2008 at 4:54 pm
oh doooooood! OWCH!
July 5, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Holy crap. Glad you’re okay and didn’t hack off the whole damn thumb.
July 5, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Woweee! Dirty Sue, thanks for putting the wacko quilter back together. Some people will do anything to get out of doing dishes.
Heal quickly, Kristi!
July 6, 2008 at 9:35 am
Shit.
Isn’t there a warning on the handle or something?
July 6, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Hey, welcome to the club! I sliced a chunk of my thumb a couple weeks ago — about the same texture as the Vadalia I was working on. Someone else who’s know among the local knitting community managed to dislodge broken glass from the garberator last night and got 3 of her finger tips poked into nicely. Problem with hand injuries is they HURT! Keep it above your heart and the throbbing will let down some.
July 7, 2008 at 11:27 am
Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch.
It must be a little awkward to type, too.
July 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm
They make a really cool glove to wear on your hand so you don’t have such accidents. I thought it cumbersome the first few times but now it is a must!! Purchase at any quilt store=quickly!
July 8, 2008 at 10:17 am
Wow. I’ve used rotary cutters for decades but I do remember an incident with a blender that was messy.
Sooooo sorry. There’s nothing like feeling handicapped, especially in the wonderful summertime.
Lynnie
July 8, 2008 at 5:47 pm
OMG! You just reminded me to be darn careful when I’m flinging my cutter around…those things are scary sharp and sometimes/often I forget! Healing vibes to you!!!!!!!
July 9, 2008 at 8:08 am
Oh. My. GAWD.
I don’t even want to ask what rotary cutters are.
Poor you.
July 9, 2008 at 8:36 am
Oh my..
Healing thoughts coming your way from PA… and enjoy that bathing/dishes vacation… while not under the best circumstances.. a vacation nontheless
July 9, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Ouchy! I’m sending tonnes of healing vibes your way. It sucks you can’t knit. I hope your vacation only gets better!
July 10, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to quilt!
No knitting for 8 to 10 days? The horrors!
July 10, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Oh boy, no knitting for a while… Yup rotary cutter can be a very bad thing…ciao
July 11, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Oh. my. gosh. I almost cut off the tip of my middle finger when my kids were babes, with a rotary cutter. My hubby had to take a bunch of time off of work, because I couldn’t do anything that lowered my hand below the level of my heart. Take care of yourself, and rub it in how much moms do, whenever your husband looks like he’s flagging =)
July 14, 2008 at 9:52 am
You are right up there with my friend Sue who got her finger in a hedge trimmer – - nasty little hurt that was.
I can’t tell you how bad I feel for you. Sharp objects are not your friend. To an added note, I am glad 90 percent of the cutting is done on my quilt, I would have really been worried had I seen your hand first. Well show up to knitting anyway just to Talk, I promise we will keep you away from all sharp objects.
July 16, 2008 at 8:56 am
Ouch! Get rested up and all healed. No knitting, that hurts, too!
July 16, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Kristi,
Hope by now it is feeling better. As far as the DNA on the quilt, your own spit will remove your own DNA.
July 24, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Ouchie ouchie!!!!!!
I can not begin to imagine the hurt.
Cut my finger with Fiskers scissors once and it gave me a whole new respect for the meaning of sharp scissors. I thought the body fluid would never stop leaking out. Hope the finger is on the mend and knitting has started again.
August 8, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I’m catching up with my blogs (with an 8-month-old, the only time I have is when I’m in the hospital!), and I literally gasped out loud when I read this.
I have had several near misses with my rotary cutters. Never knew anyone who actually cut themselves. I think I’ll slow down and be more careful from now on!