Typing issues

[jethrien]

Work on the bustle skirt is going well, but my poor hands are suffering as a result. I managed to put the sewing machine needle right through the side of my left index finger (graceful, Jeth). Plus, there's an enormous amount of gathering required, which involves pulling a single thread for a fair amount of time. A couple of my fingers are kind of cut up now. The ruffles look great, but man, I'm having some trouble typing with the band-aids.

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

This is why god gave us thimbles.

And also why I've always been afraid of sewing machines.

[oblvndrgn.livejournal.com]

I feel you. I burned the side of my left index finger (and a couple other spots) last night while cooking. I apparently did not realize at the time that "handle of metal pan" is a heat conductor. Yes, I grabbed it. Ow.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Ow indeed.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

I've had the problematic burned spots. There was also the time that I took a sizable chunk out of my thumb while chopping vegetables--that was an issue for several weeks.

I think what we really need are, instead of oven mitts, oven gloves. Heat-proof and knife-proof but still good for fine activity. We've got enough b-school people at this point to market them, I think all we need is an engineer who can actually make them.

[feiran.livejournal.com]

May I suggest re-purposing a set of fireplace gloves?

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I don't think you could make gloves that would protect your hands from knives, burns, and needles, and still leave enough manual dexterity to chop things or sew.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Kevlar? Spider silk?

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Kevlar has lousy flexibility and weighs a ton, and while spider silk has fantastic tensile strength, there's no compression or lateral strength to speak of.

[lithoglyphic.livejournal.com]

I will think about this.