Chemotherapy has given me peripheral neuropathy in my fingers and toes. I have had very little feeling in my fingertips for some years now (cancer in 2005). If I reach for a pin (either in a box or a pincushion) I can't tell whether I have caught one, none, or half a dozen unless I watch carefully. Generally I grab what I can, and drop my catch in a small pile, and pick up just the one while keeping an eye on what my fingers are up to.
More recently (cancer again in 2011), a different chemo drug has smoothed out all my fingertips; so now there's no friction. And the pins just slide out of my grip ... weird. No fingerprints? How about a new career in bank robbery? So I can still make lace, but it's much slower because I have to watch every pin instead of picking up them by feel. Margery. ======================================== [email protected] in North Herts, UK ======================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Nathan > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:12 PM > To: Lace > Subject: [lace] Arthritic hands and Picking Up Bobbins > <snip> > > I would be interested to hear what other problems people have > (not only > arthritis) and how they've overcome them so they can make > lace, or if they > have a problem that they can't seem to find a solution for. We're all > different and what works for one person won't work for > another with the same > problem, for instance (not lace related) I can only use the > circular rocker > type of ring pull puller, not the fork lever style. > > Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
